By now everyone has heard the news of those that left us in the last 24 hours. We've listened to news, read many many peoples' facebook posts (mine included) and blogged about it. All that are old enough to remember them, at least feel that there is a sense of loss for three people that were pretty special in their day, and into today.
I heard about Farrah from my sister's FB comment. We all expected that to be sooner vs. later, as we at least knew she'd taken a turn for the worse, even after her documentary aired last month. She only stayed on Charlie's Angles for 1 season, but that was enough to get her into the hearts of millions... that and the poster that every boy over the age of 12 had in the 70s. However, as good as she was playing the part she was hired to play for that series, she was never better than in the movie The Burning Bed. I didn't think she'd ever have it in her for a part like that, but she played that brilliantly.
Ed McMahon will likely be the lesser known to a lot of people today, but with as funny as Johnny Carson was, I enjoyed the parts of his show that had Ed in them. The two of them were great together.
Michael Jackson is just a huge loss though. I know he got fairly strange later in life, but it is still amazing how great he was and how great of an impact he made in the music world from such a young age. I loved him singing when he was very little all the way up to when he stopped making music. The most unfortunate thing is that his behavior in the latter part of his life will overshadow that brilliance to many of the younger crowd that didn't know him before his unfortunate change. I only wish they would have had a chance to know more than just that side to realize what a loss it is for him to have died too. My nephew said it best on his FB update tonight when he commented the following...
"farrah fawsett and micheal jackson...same day! if you call yourself a man or a music lover,today is a sad day."
I couldn't have said it better Brian... thanks for the right words. Brian is way younger than I am, but he gets it.
It would be really nice to see these people honored for what they accomplished and maybe not picked apart so much now that they're no longer with us.
May they all rest in peace....
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