Aug 01 2006
The Death Days of August
That’s what they should call it, instead of the dog days. I don’t know who started the trend of checking out in August, but it’s certainly popular:
5: Marilyn Monroe
6: The odd couple of Rick James and Harry Reasoner
7: Peter Jennings
8: Fay Wray
9: Sharon Tate & baby & unfortunate houseguests, Gregory Hines, Jerry Garcia
10: My mother
13: Julia Child
14: William Randolph Hearst
16: Two American icons: Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth
18: My father
25: Aaliyah
26. Lon Chaney
27: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gracie Allen, Confucius (also born August 27)
28: John Huston
29: Ingrid Bergman
30: Two Charleses, Coburn and Bronson. Also, Cleopatra.
31: Diana, Princess of Wales
So I’m not a big fan of August. It’s a bit much when both your parents die in the same month. I hope I buck the trend and die another month, and I’m going to try not to write another funereal line for the next 30 days. Can she do it?!
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