Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on January 06, 2017, 10:33:46 PM
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In the various deaths last year, I missed this one. Remarkable story.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Pritchard
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What a role model, we should hear more about people like Marion Pritchard and celebrate their lives because there aren't that many.
It's good that she lived so long.
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Welcome to the planet.
Hands up everyone who can list ten celebrity deaths from the past year.
Hands up everyone who had heard of Marion Pritchard before seeing this thread.
>:(
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Off the top of my head in no particular order:
AA Gill
Prince
George Michael
Rick Parfitt
Victoria Wood
Rabbi Lionel Blue
Andrew Sachs
David Bowie
Alan Rickman
Gene Hackman
Carrie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Zsa Zsa Gabor
I admit to not having heard of Marion Pritchard before you posted the link.
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Oooh that gave me a shock! I should just point out that the great Gene Hackman is still alive and kicking at 86 - you meant Gene Wilder.
Fancy getting those two mixed up :)
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:-[
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And of the 12 you list, Brownie, 8 died in December, 2 in January and 2 in April. And they are all, including Lionel Blue, involved in "entertainment".
Nothing wrong with this but it does suggest that recency is a factor in your recall.
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I didn't think of Lionel Blue as an entertainer; I know he was on the radio at one time but I remember him for his books.
A A Gill wrote in the Sunday Times Culture every week. Never seen or heard him.
Ah well, you could be right about me I suppose, I was going to leave off 'the Fishers' for the reason of being so recent but thought that would be cheating.
I feel suitably chastened for being shallow.
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No, you're not shallow. But it is instructive that our perceptions can be constrained by popular culture. Among the other notable people who died last year were Shimon Peres, Muhammad Ali, Zaha Hadid, Pierre Boulez, Fidel Castro and Jo Cox.
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I wonder whether anyone has heard of Stephanie Piper, who died on December 27th?
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I wonder whether anyone has heard of Stephanie Piper, who died on December 27th?
No.
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No.
Not surprised, so don't worry - just an example of one of the thousands of ordinary folk who died in 2016. 31-year old neighbour who was my elder daughter's best friend, who died on Dec 27th from complications related to oesophageal cancer.
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Not surprised, so don't worry - just an example of one of the thousands of ordinary folk who died in 2016. 31-year old neighbour who was my elder daughter's best friend, who died on Dec 27th from complications related to oesophageal cancer.
Hope do you think it was in good taste mentioning the death of a neighbour in this way, and giving her full name on a forum, did you have permission to do so?
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Hi floo, only just seen this post.
Now you've said it, I feel you are right. At any rate, I understand what you mean. Though Hope only said the lady had died. However I think he was just reminding us that plenty of ordinary people, like ourselves, including a few unsung heroes, have died in the past year.
We all do know that! However it is natural for people to be sad, shocked, or even outraged when we hear of the demise of a high profile person, especially if the circumstances are terrible like the murder of Jo Cox. That fact is witnessed by the number of threads started about those who have died over the year.
Hope, a few days ago I received a letter from someone telling me about an old friend who had died not long ago. She was a lovely lady with whom I worked when I was young, before I was married. She was particularly good to the young me and we kept in touch, seeing eachother occasionally though not for a long time. I remember John & I going to her fiftieth wedding anniversary party but that was many years ago.
It was her daughter who wrote to me and I am going to write a reply this evening. I felt sad when I heard but the lady was just short of 92 and had had a varied and interesting life and lovely family, neither was she very ill for a long time, so good memories. Last year (I should say, "The year before last", Christmas 2015, but am mentally stuck in 2016 today!), she said she was fine and had a mobility scooter, having given up driving.
Comes to us all.
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Hope do you think it was in good taste mentioning the death of a neighbour in this way, and giving her full name on a forum, did you have permission to do so?
I would appreciate clarification or correction from someone with appropriate expertise, but it is my understanding that on death, an individual loses any right to privacy or confidentiality.
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Death is a matter of public record so I think you are probably right, HH. I googled and there are a few headlines regarding privacy after death and how to ensure it but I don't know about the mere fact of dying being a confidential matter.
I just re-read Hope's post and note that Stephanie was only 31. It's terribly sad and your daughter must feel it so much, Hope. Oesophageal cancer is horrible, poor girl and I have heard of two cases today including Stephanie's.
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Yes, I agree. This is terribly sad. I have a condition called Barrett's mucosa and am at risk from oesophageal cancer. Fortunately, my condition is monitored.
But I am in my 70s, this poor lady was only 31.
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Indeed HH.
Only a very small proportion of those with Barrett's mucosa do develop oesophageal cancer thank goodness. I expect you have regular endoscopies. Someone I know very well, aged 51 who has never smoked, has the same condition and is absolutely fine as long as he avoids certain dietary triggers and undue stress. In some ways it was a relief when he was diagnosed because his symptoms were so worrying; now he knows what he is dealing with and how best to manage it.
I didn't realise you were (a little) older than I am, Harrowby. Aren't we doing well, relatively? A lot to be thankful for, something I often forget.