CHRISTINE FERNANDO and COREY WILLIAMS.

Fans are reeling following the successive deaths of celebrities including “The Cosby Show” actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, jazz performer Chuck Mangione, wrestler Hulk Hogan, heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne and baseball star Ryne Sandberg. Social media has been swamped with outpourings of love, regret and sadness. Syracuse University television and pop culture professor Robert Thompson says when celebrity deaths come in quick succession “it reminds people of their own mortality.” Indigo Watts, a 23-year-old Black Sabbath fan, says, “When you’re a celebrity and you die, you leave an impact on the world.”