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Today we lost a talented and beautiful man, and I’m holding tight to my copy of Ten Things I Hate About You. You can find a touching personal tribute from Chelsea Talks Smack here.

Every bit of publicity and attention to his death is valid and well deserved, and I wouldn’t dream of taking it away from him.

This doesn’t help my feeling any less conflicted at the military deaths that will get absolutely none of this level of publicity, despite acts of courage and bravery that equal a performer’s. It’s a weird debate I internalize every time we lose a celebrity. Their life is in the public eye, so it only makes sense that their death be in the public eye, too.

But doesn’t every admirably accomplished life deserve the same fanfare? Maybe, but then so would every accomplishment and failure during those lives, if we only had the time and energy. This one just seems odd surrounding someone who seemed to adamantly avoid the spotlight.

Beyond the issue of right or wrong, I think we can agree that all of these people were taken from us too soon. My thoughts go out to the families dealing with loss, shock, and despair, to parents losing their children, and children losing their parents.

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