(In that celebrities are said by today's folk wisdom to die in threes: the three, in this case, perhaps being Terri Schiavo, chicken magnate Frank Perdue, and the Pope).
Diana Hsieh is horrified by some of what she's read about John Paul II's recent suffering and death, as well she should be.
As a (just barely) recovering Catholic, I'm not an admirer of suffering and death for its own sake, nor of this pope (or of any of 'em). Nor of Mother Teresa, either. In all of this, at least Frank Perdue created value and Diana Hsieh recognizes value (to the extent that, in this post, she recognizes evil when she sees it, and she does).
And as for whether celebrities die in threes or not...well, any of the above is someone you won't accept as a celebrity, then maybe you'll accept Paul Hester, former drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House. He died this weekend, too, hanging himself in a park in Melbourne, Australia. And he left daughters behind, too. Ouch.
Posted by Craig Ceely at April 3, 2005 03:06 AM