It's better to burn out than fade away*
This morning I opened Entourage to find an email from Celebrity Death Beeper, which is always exciting. Who could it be? Will I finally win the office pool? (I'm still bitter about the Strom Thurmond/Paris Hilton pick 'em.)
But no. Like John Lydon, I'm disappointed. Brad Renfro? To me, this is not a lamentable loss. I was sadder about Shannon Fucking Hoon. (Now Adam Rich on the other hand, that was a truly dark day in Hollywood.) Please go read all the comments in that Gawker post, by the way: The same people who mock the hapless children of celebrities are waxing poetic about fleeting genius, a star that shone too brightly.** And now he's stealing yachts in heaven.
*The standard dead football player/cheerleader eulogy in my high school yearbooks.
**UpdateJesus Armflapping Christ, this guy even mentions Adam Rich. Eggers was right, irony is dead.
But no. Like John Lydon, I'm disappointed. Brad Renfro? To me, this is not a lamentable loss. I was sadder about Shannon Fucking Hoon. (Now Adam Rich on the other hand, that was a truly dark day in Hollywood.) Please go read all the comments in that Gawker post, by the way: The same people who mock the hapless children of celebrities are waxing poetic about fleeting genius, a star that shone too brightly.** And now he's stealing yachts in heaven.
*The standard dead football player/cheerleader eulogy in my high school yearbooks.
**UpdateJesus Armflapping Christ, this guy even mentions Adam Rich. Eggers was right, irony is dead.
