【明報專訊】In the past holiday season, the sad news of British pop idol and music producer George Michael's sudden death and American actress and author Carrie Fisher's, only two days apart, dampened the festivity of the days around the world. George Michael's hit songs brought back memories of the roaring 1980s, while Carrie Fisher played one of the most memorable characters in George Lucas's Star Wars (made in the 1970s). In the reports of their sudden deaths, they are called "pop icons" whom many would say they grew up with in the 1970s and 1980s and fondly identify with.