[magnus]

What fraction of Americans are considered "celebrities".  Interestingly someone tried to figure that out, defining "famous" as someone who has their own wikipedia page:

https://www.wired.com/2013/01/the-fracti...the-world/

Using only the total English-speaking population of the world (approximately 1.49 billion), the fraction is 0.00041. So the fraction of famous people, using this rough approximation is somewhere between about 1 in 10,000 and 5 in 10,000 (or 1 in 2,000).

Given that that 240,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, it follows that we would expect between 24 and 120 "famous" people to have died.

BC

Only if the coronavirus is an equal opportunity attacker.  

it may attack everyone equally, but it doesn't get the opportunity (circumstances) to attack everyone equally and it doesn't get fought off (treatment) equally by everyone either.   If we assume "famous" people are less like to be in environments where spread is more likely and we assume "famous" people are more likely to get better treatment, then that estimated number should be on the low end or lower.

[magnus]

What fraction of Americans are considered "celebrities".  Interestingly someone tried to figure that out, defining "famous" as someone who has their own wikipedia page:

https://www.wired.com/2013/01/the-fracti...the-world/

Using only the total English-speaking population of the world (approximately 1.49 billion), the fraction is 0.00041. So the fraction of famous people, using this rough approximation is somewhere between about 1 in 10,000 and 5 in 10,000 (or 1 in 2,000).

Given that that 240,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, it follows that we would expect between 24 and 120 "famous" people to have died.

BC

Only if the coronavirus is an equal opportunity attacker.  

it may attack everyone equally, but it doesn't get the opportunity (circumstances) to attack everyone equally and it doesn't get fought off (treatment) equally by everyone either.   If we assume "famous" people are less like to be in environments where spread is more likely and we assume "famous" people are more likely to get better treatment, then that estimated number should be on the low end or lower.