Only The Good Die Young
Posted August 31st, 2007 at 5:50 pm by Tom
Today is the 10 year anniversary of the death of Lady Di. She was only 36 years old, Marilyn Monroe was also only 36 when she died. When someone dies so young it is hard not to compare and think about what they were able to do in such a short time. This year I turned 42, Elvis died when he was 42. The big one for me was turning 39 and knowing MLK was only 39 when he was killed. I am crazy or does anyone else think about this on their birthday?
My favorite memory of this day 10 years ago was waking up and watching the news with my roommate Kathy. She turned to me and said “What was that fat opera singer doing chasing Lady Di on a motorcycle?” It took me a second to realize she thought paparazzi was Pavarotti. Lucky for her she had a gay roommate that could explain to her what was a paparazzi. But, of course I still call to reminded her every year on this day.
Dean and I are making The Parlor really gay by only hanging black and white photos of dead gay icons, starting with James Dean (who died at 24), and Audrey Hepburn.
