I’m with you. I don’t understand why the country goes into national mourning when some fabulously rich movie star or professional athlete dies young. I don’t know why their deaths should be of such national concern, beyond their family and friends.
One American serviceman who sacrifices his life for the rest of us is worth a hundred Heath Ledgers or Sean Taylors.
I mourned Bhutto’s death because she died too early. She accomplished more in one day than all of these celebrities ever did in their entire lives.