Craziness in the World

So what do you say to the death of icons. It isn't like we knew these people...they didn't sit at the dinner table or sign our yearbooks. But yet they left something of themselves in our life. Their posters were on our walls and their music or their presence on TV helped shape our childhoods. So we have lost something....we lost some of our childhood and maybe even a bit of our immortality. If it can happen to then then well.......it can happen to anyone. We put them on a pedestal, thinking they'll always be there, even after we've discarded them or removed them from the mantel we put them on at one time.

Michael Jackson changed music and dancing forever. What more can you say. He was a lot of things........reclusive, strange, possibly criminal.........but he deserved some respect for his contribution to our world.

Farrah Fawcett brought us amusement of a different kind.....on the tele. Her poster graced many a boys bedroom and feathered bangs were cut in every SuperCut in the country. What she brought was more in the last 2 years than her short time on TV. Her bravery that she showed in the face of death, in the face of pain and suffering was a great gift to us all.

Ed McMahon brought us Johnny Carson........does it get any better than that. The world will truly be a sadder place without him. Here's Johnny.......will be remembered for all time and I was there the last time he uttered those words on the world of television. And let's consider for a moment the Star Search program he produced and hosted. The show that started long before American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance.........he was the catalyst......the beginning.........the first. Without him many a star would still be living in obscurity......Beyonce, Brittany Spears, Drew Carrey....and the list goes on.

So while we may be sad for the moment and mourn the loss of what these people brought into our lives........remember, in the end that it is the people that share your life daily....on a personal level that are the true stars........the true icons. Appreciate them today in the face of mortality and know that they are the ones that truly shape you. Because in the end, these stars don't know you, don't even care about you.....they are just famous. Nothing more.