Yes and no. Yes because all life is precious and it's sad to see anyone go. He was a music legend that everyone who knew him and liked his music will miss. No because whatever ailments he suffered from when he was alive, he no longer suffers from. Not to mention he's really no different or more significant than the rest of us. He puts his pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us. His death doesn't mean anything more or less to me because he's famous than it would if it was someone I'd never heard of. As I mentioned before, all life is precious. When it comes down to it, we're all equal.
Which came first: the chicken or the egg? (sorry, that was all I could come up with at the moment)
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"I got to keep you on your toes. When you think I'll zig, I'll zag. Then when you think I'm gonna zag, I do zag, just to mess you up for the next time, when I might zig" - Lorelai Gilmore