January 23, 2008

Death comes to soon and unexpectedly.

As the talk of Heath Ledgers death scurries around the world and news. I felt like I should comment regarding this. I thought Heath was a cutie (especially in The Patriot & Knights Tail), however when death arrives to early in our eyes for such a young sole it's difficult for everyone to grasp. I was surfing Yahoo's website and it had a list of ten actors who died in their 20's among them were:

• James Dean, 24, died Sept., 30, 1955, after an automobile crash on the highway near Paso Robles, Calif.
• Sharon Tate, 26, was murdered Aug. 9, 1969, by followers of Charles Manson in Los Angeles.
• Freddie Prinze, 22, died Jan. 29, 1977, after shooting himself in Los Angeles.
• Jon-Erik Hexum, 26, died Oct. 18, 1984, after accidentally shooting himself with a prop gun in Los Angeles.
• Rebecca Schaeffer, 21, was murdered July 18, 1989, by stalker Robert John Bardo in Los Angeles.
• Brandon Lee, 28, died March 31, 1993, after accidentally being shot on the set of "The Crow" in Wilmington, N.C.
• River Phoenix, 23, died Oct. 31, 1993, from a drug overdose outside of a night club in Los Angeles.
• David Strickland, 29, died March 22, 1999, after hanging himself in a hotel room in Las Vegas.
• Jonathan Brandis, 27, died Nov. 12, 2003, from injuries he suffered after hanging himself in Los Angeles.
• Brad Renfro, 25, died Jan. 15, 2008, the day after reportedly spending the previous evening drinking with friends.

Life is just to short for us to take advantage of things. Talk to your family more regularly. Say "I Love You!" more often (and mean it too), Hug those that you love often. Show people you love that you love them!

Okay I'll get off my soap box now.

1 Thoughts:

Lynn and Mike said...

I liked your post- the message at the bottom. Thanks for the reminder...and I love all you Indy friends very much!