What is it with me and Bowie’s death? Bring me the Disco King song came on and I started crying again.




I get sad when folks die. I feel sad when celebrities die, but I’m over it pretty quick, like minutes… blips of emotion. Mostly because 1. I didn’t know them in person, 2. death is the end of suffering and 3. I know people just die, nothing I can do will stop that. I enjoyed much of Bowie’s work, but not enough to own everything he put out, probably only 3 or 4 albums. I watched him act in movies, saw him speak to interviewers, admired his poise and his wife. What is it about him? Why has his death hit me like this?