Writer's Block: Untimely Passing

[pyat]

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Whoah. John Lennon died?

More seriously, I killed Senor Wences and Brion James. Both of them.

One fine day I said, "Hey, what ever happened to Senor Wences?" I looked him up. He was alive. Two days later, he died.

Same thing happened with Brion James.

Don't ever let me talk about B-list celebs again. Someone might die.

Comments

[anidada.livejournal.com]

I remember when John Lennon died -- especially lying awake in bed, listening to the radio playing nothing but his songs, in the wake of the murder. I wasn't as deeply into the Beatles as I would be in my teens, but I certainly was well-versed in them thanks to my older cousins.

Jim Henson died two days after my 20th birthday. It still breaks my heart that he's not around.

I remember when Elvis died, too, though I didn't have much emotional investment in him.

I could probably think of many more -- certainly the young ones (River Phoenix and Heath Ledger, for example) come as a shock.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Jim Henson died two days after my 20th birthday. It still breaks my heart that he's not around.

In his 30s, my dad looked almost identical to Jim Henson. It was a little trippy when I was a kid.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I remember Jim Henson posters suddenly showing up in lockers in the week after he died. Even in the lockers of heterosexual jocks!