Memorial
July 8th, 2009 by ComputerBob
He was born in a blue-collar town, one of several baby-boomer siblings.
His father taught them all how to dedicate themselves to their work.
And he and his brothers spent many years working very hard to escape that blue-collar town.
As a successful adult, he got into trouble with the law several times, but, to many people’s surprise, never spent any time in jail.
He was always unhappy with his appearance.
He didn’t allow very many people to get close to him.
But those who were, had many reasons to worry about his health.
So they were shocked but not surprised when, one day, a couple of weeks ago, he suddenly suffered cardiac arrest and died way too young, leaving behind his young children.
But thousands of TV networks and newspapers and magazines and radio stations and web sites did not deify his life or provide continuous coverage of his death or his simple, sparsely attended memorial service.
No one but his family and a few friends even cared that he had died.
In fact, he was just a normal, middle-aged guy who you’ve never even heard of before.
One of the hundreds who live without wealth, fame or adulation, and die without fanfare every day.
And the world won’t miss him at all.
Because he couldn’t sing or dance.
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July 8th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Hi Bob. I think this is a very good comment on the last few days “big news”. While I had nothing what so ever against Michael Jackson, I did not care for his style of entertaining and won’t miss him one bit. People are born and people die every day, most of the time few people take note. I have buried my parents and first wife so I am well aware of how short life is and how few people will remember most of us past a few years after our death. Some people pass on who leave a far more lasting legacy than any entertainer but are still unsung. How many people remember the folks who helped to stamp out diseases that in previous times killed thousands of people every year. To my mind they left a far greater legacy than any entertainer ever could.
I have traveled around Nevada and seen plenty of abandoned cemeteries that had been attached to 19th century mining towns, all that is left is usually the cemetery. Many had wooden markers and if they still exist they cannot be read. Much of the rural west has old cemeteries or lone grave sites, I know we had them on most national forests.
Thanks again for a good post. Homer Boone