>>10372215It was also way too early for most of the early fandom to be established adults, and before centralized internet. Unless you watched a specific Time Force episode and looked for the news or were on a forum, it'd pass you by. I think a lot of people only heard in the mid-late 2000's or later.
MMPR's original target audience was 8-12 year olds in '93, in 2001 they'd be 14-20, busy with school or young adulthood.
Tried to find some news of her death on Google groups to see reactions. Rangerboard's oldest posts are 20 years ago(holy shit 2003 doesn't feel like 20 years ago)By 2001 most groups were dead in favor of forums, but forums that survived from 2001 are rare.
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.power-rangers/c/IonazztWuvQ/m/3PaMYkMxvMAJWhat's even MORE fucked up is that there was some news coverage of the accident on Entertainment Tonight, which was one of the more prominent news sources for entertainment at the time. The actress she was with was the wife of a somewhat famous actor, and the story was mentioned in relation to him and his wife. Thuy apparently wasn't mentioned at all. Brutal. Power rangers just wasn't relevant to the people handling news at the time.
