Gone but not forgotten: watching awards shows on TV and NOT recognizing most of the dead people.
Here's an unexpected sign of aging -- when I was younger, almost everyone in those sections of those shows was on the screen in black-and-white and I could recall very few of the names and faces. Then, seemingly overnight, I crossed some generational geriatric graveyard line-in-the-sand, and now it seems like those from my own personal connection to pop culture are dropping like flies -- a phenomenon with which I had to deal most recently while watching the Emmys. [Betty White, you best stay busy, as your fellow golden friends are leaving us like they're featured in some horrible sequel's sequel to Final Destination (Golden Miami -- in 3D!).]
In memoriam segments that I used to just use as a bathroom break as they had little meaning to me, you are missed.
THE EMMYs MAINTAINS AN IN MEMORIAM DATABASE (KINDA MORBID, NO?)
http://www.emmys.tv/awards/in-memoriam
LAST GIRL STANDING (KINDA MORBID, NO?):
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/article/goodbye-rue-mcclanahan-betty-white-now-remaining-golden/story?id=10816162
THE WIKI SAYS SO - FINAL DESTINATION FIVE IS GREENLIT (KINDA OVERKILL, NO?):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination
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