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To their credit, the Web rank and file seemed to get it, and then some. "Diana died because of us," wrote one websmith (users.inter north.com/~cvickers/Diana.htm). "She died because we were so interested in her life.... We turned editors into johns, photographers into prostitutes." Even if you think that's a self-pillorying leap of guilt — that Diana was killed, rather, by an allegedly drunk driver who may have hit the accelerator to escape paparazzi — such ruminations are welcome. Over on the AOL boards, a user posted "USED to be a trash mag buff...no more! Definitely... no more," and, yeah, I'll believe that when the National Enquirer files for Chapter 11. But for now the food chain of celebrity consumption has been laid bare, and we are all of us — readers, journalists, and celebrities alike — implicated. May Diana, Princess of Wales, rest in peace; may the wounds opened up by her passing rankle on.

Originally posted Sep 19, 1997 Published in issue #397 Sep 19, 1997 Order article reprints
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