I was about four when Jim Croce died. I had been given a single of "Bad, Bad, LeRoy Brown" shortly before he died, and played it all the time. After his death, I didn't understand how come I could still hear his voice on the record player if he was dead.
A childhood belief about pop stars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when people died, they turned brown just like plants do when THEY die.— Joey Schwartzman
- I used to think that if you were scared "half to death" that you only had one scare left before you died.— Bush Hiddenofsky
- i used to believe when you died you went to heaven and played sale of the century!!!!Anon
- i thought that all of the shows on tv where played live even when someone died. sad, i no.Anon
- I used to believe that when my fish died and floated to the top, it was playing dead.— Alycia T
- I thought when a road sight said Dead End that someone had actually died there.Anon