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Earthbound Gypsy
Sweet Inspiration
USA
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 Posted - 23/06/2009 : 13:47:49
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I just heard that he died after midnight, Pacific Time. It's a shame that he had so many problems in his last fews years of life. Rest in Peace Ed!
Marty
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kajunbaby23
Something Special
USA
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Posted - 23/06/2009 : 16:25:24
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I know Marty, it'sw never a pleasure hearing about these things. Still, he was in his 80' he couldn't have been expected to live forever. That's like on the news a minute ago, they had the headline "McMahon had multitude of health problems". Let's start with the fact that he was 500 years old, of course he's gonna have health problems! Michael's grandfather is in his 90's & they are always freaking out because he's "got one foot in the grave". He's got bad heart problems & the whole 9 yards, how long do they want him to live?! Crap, I pray to God that if I live that long & I start getting health problems.....take me soon & make it swift!
"I don't know what it is that makes me love you so/I only know I never wanna let you go/You started something/Oh can't you see/That ever since we met you had a hold on me/It happens to be true/I only wanna be with you" |
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reputation
Sweet Inspiration
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2009 : 16:38:44
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| Would somebody care to tell us who he is/was? |
Edited by - reputation on 23/06/2009 16:39:07 |
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Earthbound Gypsy
Sweet Inspiration
USA
2739 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2009 : 22:48:52
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Here you go Karl, Wik will tell you better than I can, plus it will save me a lot of typing. He was best known as being Johnny Carson's side kick on late night television. Most of America didn't go to bed until after this show was over. Johnny Carson was replaced by Jay Leno and now Cohan O'Brien (yuck but let's not go there). Ed McMahon was also known for giving out millions of dollars on Publisher's Clearing House, among many other things. I had a supervisor that won several thousand dollars on Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes and yes he did come knocking on her door!
Bambi I completely understand how you feel, as he just was not part of your generation, but I remember him well on TV. I could remember my parents talking about different entertainers and wondering who? So I can relate. However, if you were old enough to watch Johnny Carson at the time as an adult, I think you would feel sad too. Plus he had all those awful financial problems towards the end of his life. I always thought that was a bit ironic, as he gave away so much money in his life. Of course I realize it was not his money, but still...
Here's the link on Ed McMahon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon
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Edited by - Earthbound Gypsy on 25/06/2009 12:10:00 |
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twinlorna
Something Special
USA
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Posted - 25/06/2009 : 04:51:07
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Bambi,I share your thoughts on illness and the elderly.I was once the caregiver for a gentleman who lived to be 100.He was in fairly good shape for that age,but at 100+3 months he was no longer able to swallow.
Rather than let nature take its course and let him live his last days and die with dignity,his money grubbing Doctor convinced the son to ok the insertion of a feeding tube.I say convinced,but the family didnt care,too busy fighting over money already given to them.
Will not forget the day of the procedure and the hospital nurse saying "why are they doing this".Needless to say he died in 2 weeks,but that is not what is sad.It was 2 horrible weeks which i tried to make less so.He hated the tube and kept trying to take it out.Plus imagine this foreign substance in a week body.
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reputation
Sweet Inspiration
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 25/06/2009 : 10:06:46
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Poor old soul, at that age you can't be bothered with all that.
It's awful when family fight over an inheritance - even before the person has left this earth! |
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kajunbaby23
Something Special
USA
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Posted - 25/06/2009 : 16:31:32
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That's what I'm saying, nobody stops to think about letting them go. Did they ever stop to think that the person in that situation wants to go? That's why I've decided if I ever get into a situation like that, my a** is signing a DNR order! I grew up in nursing homes because my mother was an LPN for 23 years & I usually stayed at the places with her. She would make me beds underneath the desk at the nurses station. Anyway, I would wander the halls of those places at night &, even at the tender ages of 7, 8, 9, or 10 years old, I remember thinking about how haunting those places were. Not to mention looking into the eyes of those elderly people. Confined to the wheelchairs, having to be spoonfed, vomiting all over themselves....I was faced with mortality at a very early age. Watching these old people being treated like babies. It wasn't pretty. I knew what death & aging were long before I was supposed to.
That's why I say let'em go. If they are that old & they are in suffering conditions, even if it's simply them being around 90 or 100 & they are just too tired to go on...let'em go. Don't shove tubes in their bodies or any of that crap, just let them go & be with God.
"I don't know what it is that makes me love you so/I only know I never wanna let you go/You started something/Oh can't you see/That ever since we met you had a hold on me/It happens to be true/I only wanna be with you" |
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