1.   But the emotional response to his death has gone beyond the standard mourning of a pop idol.

2.   Jones continues to be a major pop idol.

3.   CUBA offered yesterday to treat the pop idol Michael Jackson for a skin disease he has said afflicts him.

4.   And some of his asides, like musing on the comforts of the electric chair or slipping in references to pop idol Kurt Cobain, are silly.

5.   Another hit, Love and Affection, sung by rising pop idol Edmund Leung Hon-man, tells of a brewing affair in a light-hearted way.

6.   But the channel flourishes with shows that give fans the illusion of intimacy with their pop idols.

7.   Certainly he anticipated the current crop of chic, irony-wrapped, androgynous young movie stars and pop idols.

8.   Corgan himself is a decidedly unimposing presence, perhaps the geekiest rocker ever to become a pop idol.

9.   De La Hoya has become a pop idol, Ricky Martin in boxing gloves.

10.   Fanning became something of a pop idol, even getting a spot on MTV.