"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other."
- Unknown
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Saturday, August 25, 2007

August Death Toll


"The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, 
interrupted his summer holiday 
in the United States 
to attend the funeral."
That was the most important thing to say about this event for many news media - be them electronic or more traditional - that Sarkozy interrupted his precious vacation...
Never mind the fact that the guy inside the coffin was 
"the former Archbishop of Paris, who died on Sunday, aged 80."
And a greater man -let alone Frenchman- than Nic Sarko will ever be.
Let's remember who he was, here, shall we?
"He was born Aaron Lustiger
to Polish Jews who had settled in France before World War I
and he had the particularity
of having become a Catholic only at the start of World War II -

and being a Cardinal in 1983,
after stepping down as archbishop of Paris following

a 24 year-long tenure."
Never mind who's getting buried - let's focus on who attends the funeral first and foremost;
that seems to be the editor-in-chiefs' orders these days... 

But not here - not on the lugubrious blog!
Martha is doing it for Milena...
"Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (above) talks about pictures of the 2006 Big Dig tunnel collapse during a news conference in Boston Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Coakley announced that Powers Fasteners Inc., of N.Y., who provided the epoxy blamed in the fatal Big Dig tunnel collapse, was charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter. Milena Del Valle, 39, was killed when 26 tons of concrete panels and hardware crashed from a tunnel ceiling onto her car as she and her husband drove through the westbound Interstate 90 tunnel. Her husband crawled out of the rubble with minor injuries." Her untimely demise wil never be forgotten. R.I.P. Milena G.T.S.
(AP Photo/Kevin Martin)

Nota Bene: granted, the elegant Massachusetts Attorney General's picture may not have its place here. It is no death wishing nor any kind of ill-wishing on my part, I assure you all - and Martha herself! I just thought that she is more photogenic than, say, the late Leona Helmsley, aka The Queen of Mean, that's all...! And, besides, Martha is pointing at pictures delineating the very spot where Milena Del Valle's life was so abruptly and senselessly ended...
Even Lady Di's death in a tunnel made more sense, when you stop and really think about it... 

But that is another story... G.T.S. stands for "Gone Too Soon" - of course.


In this month's other early departures - or early arrivals to their final destination: Heaven or...
Actually, there is no hell - yet. The hot place is still under construction - didn't you now that?





And the games go on... 

Master gamester is gaming no more. 

R.I.P. 



Merv Griffin 



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And another one proves to us all once again that
millions upon millions of dollars
will never keep neither the doctor
nor the grim reaper away...



A fourth demise is needed, as always - it is a minimum here, at the lugubrious blog, a quota to meet for the number 4 is, after all, death's number...  And so , as our fourth mention of honor, we shall go with one who crossed 4th base (aka Home Base we might say; however, in this case, he has truly come HOME now...) an impressive 877 times throughout his baseball career; Phil Rizzuto has now officially joined the "Field of Dreams" league, up there in the Sky... (Surely he's not playing for the OTHER TEAM now - he was a Yankee, not a "Damn Yankee," I think - Ted Williams liking him as he did proves it to me...)

Carry on in the Field of Dreams, Phil - Ted was expecting you there...

For yet more on the above-mentioned demises as well as all the others of these past few days... weeks... months... Heck, for the Notable Deaths of 2007 OVER ALL... (or rather SO FAR - at blogging time!) CLICK HERE.

And check out the lugubrious comments section that follows, as always, for more details as well...
Including source material and more commentary o'mine - of course.

In closing, a parting suggestion for all of you lugubrious heads out there...


Death can be foretold, forewarned... 
Never forget to listen to your intuition. 
*One Step Beyond* 
is based upon real-life stories: 
it is factual, unlike fare such as 
"Final Destination"
- or the Twilight Zone. 
I highly recommend it.


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