This Was the Week That Was
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Just a reflection on the deaths of Ed McMahan, Farrah Fawcett, Micheal Jackson and Billy Mays.
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We have witnessed history many times over, we watched the assassination of JFK, the loss of Challenger and Colombia. Among the breakthroughs in medicine we saw that not even the best of money could save some from the ravages of cancer. For example Ed McMahan lived to be 86 and he died of cancer, many others in the entertainment field also die and will die of cancer.
Farrah Fawcett perhaps one of the most beautiful women the world has seen died of cancer this week. One had to admire both of them in their final hours and they bravely fought against the ravages of disease. I take not pleasure in this but perhaps it is easier for us to accept her death because we did not want to see this Angel suffer. But she did and she did so with grace and style which is why she is so loved.
Michael Jackson’s death could be foreseen many years before the actual day that he died, on the same day that Farrah died. His fans were loyal to him and yes he was a musical great. But this is the sad problem of the music industry and fame, you have no peace. There was no where he could go to escape his legend even when that legend was tarnished. People will write many things about him and that is as it should be. But we must remember too that he was a human being, whether you liked him or hated him, we must mourn the death of someone who no doubt left before the usual time.
Billy Mays, a boisterous and true salesman he too died this week. I can remember just about all the products that he harked on television. He seemed like the guy down the street that could make a living doing what he knew best. So too it is sad when a life is gone, but one wonders about the other lives of people who passed away this week. Many of them you would not know their names, but is their deaths any less sad to the families and the people that loved them? I think not and so when we mourn the deaths of those above do we also mourn those that the world only knew as a few minutes in time? Yes I believe so and as David Frost would say.
That was the week that was.
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Seems weird all these well known people died over such a short time frame and only Ed McMahon was really old.
You have a fine tribute telling about each of the “greats”. Good job and I thank you.
Death is inevitable and after death there is nothing more to worry about.
/LIFE CEASES…..
say what you may.
we have seen more than many deaths now ,
to accept this truth.
But we must always praise the dead,
as they are no more and are if at all..;; ”DEFENSELESS.”
AMEN
Good article
This goes only to remind us; no matter what is your status in society, who may be you are, wherever you are, DEATH is unpredictable. Make good use of your time always by doing good turns daily. Be careful, too. TIME is precious.