Icons of an age

RIP
Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2009 16:28 UTC)
Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009 21:26 UTC)

I have lived long enough to see many icons passed away, but the passing of two in one day is just a complete shock. When we heard Fawcett's boyfriend proposed marriage yesterday, we knew her condition was truly critical and we were prepared for the sad news. Jackson's death, however, was very sudden. I guess even his critics are at a loss right now. Yet, Yoshiki Tanaka once says (in his classic novel Legend of the Galactic Heroes) that the last man standing has the right to badmouth the others. Therefore I think someone will never forget to write a balanced and complete obituary the other day.

So, gone the days of Charlie's Angels and the Jackson Five were. And days of our youth too. 時日是個極龐大的酒庫，人類自幼全做了它的客戶。Hope we all have our own bottles of fine wine when we have the luxury to sit down and chit chat.

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