Wait - that was the last post. BTW - all was fine, slept through the whole thing, no pain, no problem.
But gaaaaahhhh!!! Drama intended - two icons of my teenage / young adult years dying on the same day! I really really feel old.
There wasn't a girl my age who didn't want - and try for - Farrah Fawcett hair, and there wasn't a guy at or around my age who didn't have her classic poster in his dorm room or bedroom.
When I babysat - the girls all wanted to be Jill Munroe when they played Charlie's Angels. Seriously - Kate and Jacqueline just faded into the background....
And Michael Jackson - good god. Seriously. Who didn't buy "Thriller" and who couldn't still sing all the words? I taught aerobics in the big hair-shiny leotard-leg warmer days, and we used all of his music.
Despite any tarnishing of either of these stars later in life - both of them represent really unique points in my life and for people in and around my age - we're feeling what our older brothers and sisters felt when John Lennon died.
2 comments:
Oh Lulu, I'm older than you... I counted three icon's this week with Ed McMahon's passing. Farrah's story was so sad. And Michael jackson's was a shock! Oy!
Very sad!! Loved Charlies Angels when I was little and I totally grew up on Michael Jackson!! both sad and Michael....shocking.
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