Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Another fallen star ...


What happens when a star dies?

It's beginning to feel as though if I see another report on the news about the death of a celebrity, I'll just shrug and say, "That's just the way it is."

Hardly two months into the new year, a third brilliant star, and this one was truly the one most brilliant star, had her light snubbed by the invisible fingers of death. Lydia Sum, the 开心果 of Chinese entertainment, succumbed to liver cancer this morning at age 60. Unlike the other two deaths, her long battle with cancer has sort of prepared people of her eventual departure. But still, I can't help but feel sad.

Only her shows that form my childhood memories remain.