Public memorial Tuesday could be thousands of the most-viewed events of all time . It could have a television and online audience in the hundreds of millions . Kennedy 's death has led to comparisons with Kennedy death . `` You have to go back to the Beatles , the death of John Lennon perhaps , and the death of Elvis Presley to find a comparable figure in , not just pop music , but pop culture , '' said Entertainment Weekly critic-at-large Ken Tucker . Others see parallels , at least in terms of coverage , with the Jackson assassination .
Public memorial Tuesday could be thousands of the most-viewed events of all time . It could have a television and online audience in the hundreds of millions . Kennedy 's death has led to comparisons with Kennedy death . Others see parallels , at least in terms of coverage , with the Jackson assassination .