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yeah and what about poor old gazza ,getting kicked down the stairs in a drunken racist comment inspired brawl .oh dear oh dear
 
I don't believe anyone here has demonstrated a comment which could be perceived to be "weeping" for a pop star.
No need for the belittling title.
 
Smallpox was an awfll awfull disease that man will surely get in to the big house :-)
 
over 150 thousand people will die today.. over 150 thousand died yesterday.. guess what? over 150 thousand will die tomorrow.. there will be famous. there will be accidents.. there will be saints and sinners, murders and illness.. people who dont deserve to die young..

But unless you make it onto sky news then the world isn't interested..
 
KIPAX said:
over 150 thousand people will die today.. over 150 thousand died yesterday.. guess what? over 150 thousand will die tomorrow.. there will be famous. there will be accidents.. there will be saints and sinners, murders and illness.. people who dont deserve to die young..

But unless you make it onto sky news then the world isn't interested..
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My father used to have a collection of sayings. One of them was:-

"Known or unknown, rich or poor, it makes no difference. When your time has come to go, you will go."

I thought it was very true when I heard it then and I still believe it now. What I don't believe in is blaming a person's way of life and the choices they made during their life for their death.
 
KIPAX said:
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But unless you make it onto sky news then the world isn't interested..
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We will all die, when we do we will hopefully leave people behind who will be saddened by our loss. The more lives we've touched the more people will be sad. If we have touched the life of millions, our death becomes a newsworthy occurrence.

It's really not complicated :)
 
Zsa Zsa Gabor's passing went pretty much unnoticed despite her celebrity.
 
Nod said:
Zsa Zsa Gabor's passing went pretty much unnoticed despite her celebrity.
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I noticed it. What did go unnoticed though, including by her husband, was that their adopted son died 2 days later.
 
Phil V said:
We will all die..
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Not necessarily.

I think it's quite possible(*) that within the next 50 years or so medical advances will have "solved" all the diseases and conditions which we call "old age". I also think it's quite possible(*) that within the next 50 years or so the means will exist to upload our memories and thought processes into alternative hardware. Either of these advances coming to pass means that death may cease to be inevitable. It'll happen too late for you and I, but there may be people in our grandchildrens' generation who never die.

(*) Not a high probability, but a non-zero probability.
 
nilagin said:
I noticed it. What did go unnoticed though, including by her husband, was that their adopted son died 2 days later.
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Out of interest, is it relevant that he was adopted?
 
I have had a few near misses with the Grim Reaper durig the last 10 years to the extent that my cardiologist shakes my hand at each annual check up I attend, adding the words "It's really good to see you..... again". My response "All your hard work Squire"

The next one couls be altered.... my CABG was done att the start of August 2006, no guarantees offered as there was major damage to my left ventricular valve and muscle. Both my surgeon and Cardiologist stated on my discharge the work would keep me going for another 5-10 years before needing a bit of an overhaul...

Thank you OP.... If I croak, all I can expect is a one-liner on here stating my departure and 50,000 members scratching their heads whilst saying "Who?"

Mediocrity rules

Time fora memrial thread. With agreed abbreviations

Mine - Hugh Jarse MOG

(Miserable Old Git).
 
Steep - GoG

Grumpy old Git.

In reference to my OP, kipax nails it for me really ^, the recent bout of celeb pop offs while sad isn't unusual in the grand scheme of things. All had pretty much retired and I'm thankful that none of them had wasted their talents (a la Amy Winehouse) so we have their work for future generations if it holds up.

Like (most) everyone else I would never have heard of Donald Henderson if somebody hadn't mentioned him and that's sad because he's equally worthy of remembrance.
 
viv1969 said:
Out of interest, is it relevant that he was adopted?
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I wasn't sure if there was anymore sons and only mentioned to differentiate between any natural offspring they may have had. He's not even mentioned in Wiki, only one child mentioned, Francesca Hilton, whose father I assume was Conrad Hilton.
 
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