Celebrity deaths aren't really interesting
Not really, unless one liked their work. When Douglas Adams died, I really grieved - for all the fascinating things he would now never write. I even did my book column on Areion as an obituary for Douglas Adams the next week.
Nevertheless I found it strange to hear today that Michael Kamen had died, as I had seen him present the "When Love Speaks"/RADA gala in London in February 2002. The Nazgul and I had gone to London to see Alan Rickman life on stage in "Private Lives" (no links here, as Alan Rickman is a notorious luddite who hates computers and utterly ignores the Internet, entirely unlike the delightful Sir Ian McKellen for example), and as Alan Rickman was in the "When Love Speaks" gala as well, and we could get tickets for the uppermost tier for only ten British pounds, we went there as well. All sorts of people were there; we were infinitely impressed & very glad we went. And there we saw Michael Kamen on stage as well as he'd organised the event and CD; and now he's dead...
Nevertheless I found it strange to hear today that Michael Kamen had died, as I had seen him present the "When Love Speaks"/RADA gala in London in February 2002. The Nazgul and I had gone to London to see Alan Rickman life on stage in "Private Lives" (no links here, as Alan Rickman is a notorious luddite who hates computers and utterly ignores the Internet, entirely unlike the delightful Sir Ian McKellen for example), and as Alan Rickman was in the "When Love Speaks" gala as well, and we could get tickets for the uppermost tier for only ten British pounds, we went there as well. All sorts of people were there; we were infinitely impressed & very glad we went. And there we saw Michael Kamen on stage as well as he'd organised the event and CD; and now he's dead...