This week we mourn the deaths of two very different but influential people, whose lives were sweet and too short.
Edward Kennedy, the United States senator from Massachusetts known to all as Ted, championed access to healthcare, anti-apartheid and many other important causes. His colleagues genuinely liked him, whether or not they agreed with him.
“This is the cause of my life…to guarantee that every American…will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not just a privilege. For four decades I have carried this cause—from the floor of the United States Senate to every part of this country. It has never been merely a question of policy; it goes to the heart of my belief in a just society.”
–Senator Edward Kennedy
RIP Ted.
Ellie Greenwich died later the same day, Wednesday, August 26, 2009. She was 69, and if the name doesn’t ring a bell, her music no doubt does. “Be My Baby,” “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “Chapel of Love,” “River Deep – Mountain High” and, perhaps best known, “Leader of the Pack.”
Here’s Ellie Greenwich singing her song “Sunshine after the Rain,” from YouTube with pictures of the singer/songwriter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_TmFIaFUjc
It was to this music we learned to dance and to love and to make love.
RIP Ellie.
Yours in good love and sex,
Nan & Christi
nan@fatalemedia.com
christi@fatalemedia.com
Tags: Ellie Greenwich, Ted Kennedy
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Short and Sweet
This week we mourn the deaths of two very different but influential people, whose lives were sweet and too short.
“This is the cause of my life…to guarantee that every American…will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not just a privilege. For four decades I have carried this cause—from the floor of the United States Senate to every part of this country. It has never been merely a question of policy; it goes to the heart of my belief in a just society.”
–Senator Edward Kennedy
RIP Ted.
Here’s Ellie Greenwich singing her song “Sunshine after the Rain,” from YouTube with pictures of the singer/songwriter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_TmFIaFUjc
It was to this music we learned to dance and to love and to make love.
RIP Ellie.
Yours in good love and sex,
Nan & Christi
nan@fatalemedia.com
christi@fatalemedia.com
Tags: Ellie Greenwich, Ted Kennedy
This entry was posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009 at 7:15 am and is filed under Life Commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.