In Loving Memory of Lawrence Kutner on Facebook

Last week's episode of House caused a major stir on the Internet with the out-of-the-blue suicide of character, Dr. Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn). The Baltimore Sun reports.

In addition to an online memorial, which included an obituary and video tribute with music composed by series star Hugh Laurie, network publicists and series producers created a Facebook page that allowed fans to leave messages as well as read messages from Kutner's hospital co-workers.

From the sad music to the memorials and montages of Kutner, it was all intended to allow viewers to participate in rituals of mourning, among the most profound practices in our lives, in cyberspace.

As of Friday, more than 25,000 fans of Kutner's had left images and messages at the site. Many of them were from teens and people in their 20s.

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[via TV Tattle]

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