I was never really a Michael Jackson fan, so all this hoopla about his death has seemed a little over-the-top to me. I was over it about 5 minutes after I heard the news. (Obviously, I'm in the minority here, or it wouldn't be STILL all over the news, two weeks later.) No doubt, the guy made some good music, but what I mostly remember him for is the child-molestation accusations that have overshadowed his life for the past 20 years. Whether or not he was guilty, I don't know - but at the very least he was a sad, strange man-child who made some bad decisions. Honestly, I can't help but feel a bit sorry for him.
But I was very saddened to learn this morning that Frank McCourt is critically ill and not expected to live. Angela's Ashes is on my list of top-10 favorite books of all time. After reading it with my own eyes, I listened to the recorded book version (which Frank McCourt himself read aloud) and...wow. It was so powerful to hear his story, in his own words, read by his own voice. So sad but yet uplifting. And, improbably, laugh-out-loud funny at times.
The likely loss of Frank McCourt affects my life much more than Michael Jackson's death did. I feel a bit as though I'm losing an old friend.
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