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That seem to be how life is. When your alive, your a SOB and when you die, you're an angel .

That very question has been bothering me also. It becomes absurd when

there are multiple stories, every day, putting his life under a microscope

and for what ? Half the people, myself included, never heard of him. It's

as if Robert Deniro died or some other A Lister who has demonstrated

and contributed great performances for the public. Reminds me too of the

incredible hoopla put out for weeks about Heath Ledger (????).

no one is saying how great an actor he was. people are, however, paying tribute to the kind of person he was based on all the info we've been getting about his humanitarian work, his kind, humble and generous nature etc. the press is giving us all this info about how he paid for an engagement ring for a random guy who served in our military etc etc and many Americans tend to value those generous qualities. stories of humble, everyday rich guys who are generous make Americans happy because many of us Americans believe in acquiring wealth, philanthropy, and treating others equally no matter how rich and famous you are.

Watch a Ronald Reagan movie.

for the same reason they think JFK was such a great President!..he was a Leftist and he's dead!

I don't even know why he is getting all this attention.

He was known for one film franchise.

Big whoop.

people want to feel like good people thats all i can say lol

I never heard of him until he died.

Now he's extra crispy.