So the three most significant famous deaths in my life time have been Princess Diana, Steve Irwin and now Robin Williams. I can tell how significant they are to me because the tears that stay for so much longer than normal. I was in Sri Lanka when Princess Diana died and living in England, working just up the road from Harrods and down the road from Kensington Palace. I couldnt go to the flower memorial because I wasnt a public crier. I walked into Harrods one day a long time after her death to be met by hers and Dodis photo only to stop in my tracks and burst into tears and had to leave, because, Im not a public crier. Steve Irwin, he kept me tapped into my Australian while living in England with his shows. My husband got to meet him at the airport one day and he signed a photo for me of him, Terri and Bindi. The devastation to his family and then the fear of all his work going to nothing. Thank God it hasnt. Robin Williams. I wonder how long it will take for me to get through the tears. The tributes by his peers, the words from his daughter, the blog from his eldest Mrs Doubtfire daughter. Its an interesting state of humanity that a celebrity shares so much of their life for the people, that they do take a place in your human make-up. Everyone that knows me, knows I love to laugh more than anything else on the planet. My humour doesnt hide my pain. You can tell when Im not right. Jerry Lewis, Danny Kay, Costello out of Abbott and Costello were my founding funny guys, along with Lucille Ball, and then when Robin Williams came along with Mork and Mindy, he became the new foundation of laughing until I cried. It is unreasonable to think that his loss to us still here is unfair. Its not about us, or me, its about him and his family. Hopefully he left them a note to let them know it wasnt anything they did or didnt do. I know my sadness is for the funniest man alive had so much darkness in his personal space. That personal space that you share with no one. There is a gift in his choice, in that we all get to process, we all get to speak openly of the grief. Even those who are saying horrible things about him being selfish. You see, those people have just gone to the anger part of grief first, and thats ok. Thats their story. If you got to here, thanks for reading how I process. Im grateful for the space to do it.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:29:01 +0000
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