"Tim Russert's death last Friday at the age of 58," proclaims Psychology Today's Dr. Stanton Peele, "produced the greatest national outpouring of grief for a single 'civilian' since John Lennon was killed in 1980."

That's a pretty hefty claim to make, given that so many famous "civilians" have died since Lennon. Among those in recent memory: Aaliyah, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger, Ed Bradley, Sydney Pollack, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Hunter S. Thompson, Tupac Shakur, and yes, Notorious B.I.G. He had a hit single made about his death. So is the head doc magazine really going to stand behind this claim, or was it just because seemingly every television channel was running Russert coverage that it could be easy to think that way?