As the French poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire had earlier exclaimed in his essay "The Salon of 1846": "How many artists today owe to the critics alone their sad little fame!" Whatever the ironies of advocacy, some critics chose to take up the cause of individual artists who embodied certain artistic preferences or principles.
It's sad how fame can twist people, and even sadder that young girls look up to her.
But after learning of the father's sad, strange fame-whoring and their goals of being on reality TV, I think the feeling I'm going for is disgust.
Commenting on the interruption of Crawford's career by his dispute with Surrey, Neville Cardus wrote: "His break with Surrey must be regarded as a sad deprivation of fame and pleasure to himself, and a grievous loss to the annals of English cricket.
According to some, Santo, who battled type 1 diabetes his entire life, "had to die to get into the Hall of Fame", a sad case considering that the Cubs 3B and broadcaster was an enormously important figure in the organization, a fan favorite, and one of the most skilful players to play the position.
According to Kelefa Sanneh writing for The New York Times, Aguilera referred to Eminem in the lyrics "It's sad you only get your fame through controversy".
Her name flared briefly into fame, of the saddest variety, and then sank back into the dark.
Together, those details shape a sad, strange mosaic of yearning — for fame, family or just financial relief.
And the sad truth is, most of Biles' fame has come in the past few months, at least according to Google Trends.
One of the saddest aspects of Tiger Woods's comparative fame is how miserable he makes being Tiger Woods appear.
