I mean no disrespect and as far as my thoughts are about this man, I am totally indifferent. It's terrible news about a man and his 13 year old daughter and such events are a tragedy. That being said, I am rarely phased by these reported events and, although many of you have posted sentiments, I don't lump you into the people I am going to refer to. The people in media and in the life of celebrity who carry on an on about the passing of one of their own.
The reality is that when this man opened his eyes in eternity, where ever that is in his case, he found himself to be no better or worse than the millions who proceeded him. "For there is no respect of persons with God," it is written in Romans. I suppose the reason I look at things the way I do currently is because of what happened to my wife and her family just three months ago when they lost their father to cancer. My parents have been gone for years, but watching it play out with my wife seemed even more hurtful because I hated how it effected her, her mother and siblings.
It literally makes me somewhat nauseated when a celebrated person, whether it be an athlete, singer, actor, you-name-it, passes away and people respond as if they were a deity. There are millions of family members all over the world who suffer mental anguish and tragedy on a daily basis. Someone is going through it even as I type. I'm not suggesting that no mention should be made of a person's passing, but this continuous fawning of a person for an extended period of time only demonstrates how too many folks are misguided into believing this is the only life we live and how ridiculous and destructive it is to "people worship."
None of us are promised tomorrow, no matter how well we sing, act or dribble a basketball. And the sooner we become concerned about what we will be doing and where we will be doing it a million years into the future, the better off we will be.