Your comparison is like comparing apples and oranges. It's just two totally different things. He was a great talent that will be missed and he is world famous for the work he has done on screen and film.
We all feel like we know him in a way from all his years of entertaining us even though we don't know his personal side and never met him. People can feel bad for the tragic way he died. Shows you money and fame is not everything.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.