Noooo!

[bubosquared]

George Harisson is dying.

This is way too strange. I was a fan of the Beatles when I was 12, and while others have surpassed them in my list of favourite bands and artists, they'll always hold a special place in my heart because of all the memories attached to their songs.

And now my favourite one is dying.

I know, I know, John's been dead for decades now. But you know, that happened before I was a fan, before I was even alive. (Eleven days before, to be exact.) I never knew what it was like to know he was alive. He's always been dead. But George isn't dead, he's dying. And it feels like part of my childhood is dying too.

(I'm being overly dramatic, aren't I?)

Comments

I don't think you are, really

[coneyislandbaby]

Being overly dramatic, that is.

It's a very strange feeling when people you worshipped as a child, or even a teenager or adult die. It's one of the reasons I have a really odd thing about River Phoenix, for example. And I'll never forget the first one, an actor named Jon-Erik Hexum, who most people nowadays have never even heard of. He died following an accident with a gun, that he should never have been playing with in the first place. But when I found out, I cried for days. It is like losing a part of yourself, a part of the culture you grew up with.

I understand.

I still remember...

[sorchar.livejournal.com]

The day John Lennon was shot. I was just shy of ten years old, and it was the first time I ever saw my mother cry.

And I remember Jon Erik Hexum too, and the show he was on - "Cover-Up". With Jennifer O'Neill as the fashion model turned spy-type-person. Damn I'm old.

I should call my mother. She's probably not taking this news well. About George, not the news that I'm old.