I’m a musician and a poet. And I don’t say that pretentiously, I really am. As you might imagine, many of my heroes died early and many by misadventure. Jerry Garcia, John Lennon, Otis Redding,Lester Bangs, Sam Cooke, Dylan Thomas, Neil Cassady, and on and on. (Note, this obviously has nothing to do with my political heroes, of whom there are very few.) The only people who’ve lived to a ripe old age who I really love are Dylan and McCartney. And, yeah, I’m glad they’re still around.
But I got it into my head many years ago that it was perfectly acceptable to die young so long as you had fun and were more or less satisfied with the contributions you’ve made. I’ve had a boatload of fun, and while I’m certainly no Jerry Garcia, I like to think I’ve touched people on some level and influenced some lives positively. If I go tomorrow, it will be without regret.
Is There Long-Term Brain Damage After Bypass Surgery ... www.hopkinsmedicine.org/.../is_there...
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Aug 3, 2009 - Brain scientists and cardiac surgeons at Johns Hopkins have evidence from 227 heart bypass surgery patients that long-term memory losses and cognitive problems they experience are due to the underlying coronary artery disease itself and not ill after-effects from having used a ...
And that is all any of us can hope for...
Bless you and I wish you peace....