In Memoriam, you die as you live( for English speaking people).

New York Times some days ago, death of Elliot Reid at age 93, in Studio City , California. 

- Who the hell was Elliot Reid ? - I wondered.

I recognized his photo, standard studio picture, fully alive. Nice looking, cute. 

It turns out that he investigated Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. He falls in love at the end with Jane Russell (who does not? all men in those years would think ). His rival was Fred MacMurray in "The absent mind professor " and the leading girl does not fall in love with him because it's a little bit cocoon. But the role with  Jane Russell is all yours; no one can take it away. He works very much on TV, movies and some pieces of theater. 

What struck me was that he mimicked very well JFK. In fact the president was impressed, shocked, when he saw his imitation Another legend in Camelot ?

At the end we have little left. The newspaper says there is no information about family members and those who survive him. And if the NYT does not have ...

Did he have a full life? Was he happy? Were the films similar to his reality? o they have nothing to do? 93 years are a lot of years. You can do everything and find out nothing. Only he knows what he did.

In the same large page, I saw the obituary of a horror fiction writer, 87 years, and a senator, 89. It appears that in the NYT everybody is dying after a long life, involving those participating in both Americans worlds: cinema and politics. Fulls of power, money and sometimes wives/husbands.

Of course, in the same issue tells that an investigator from Harvard is publishing a book concluding that Hollywood helped the guy with the little mustache and Nazi Germany, with close collaboration. We will have a movie soon, sure, because it goes a long way.

There was a list of what we would call obituaries, with many details of their lifes, addresses, heirs, etc ... however what I really liked was a short, small, heartfelt text, in a corner, "In memoriam" . Written by someone named Diane, who ultimately tells her friend, "I miss you honey." Bring sincere love and adds: "Was it not wonderful to know and love you?" It is dedicated to Nora Ephron, I think on the anniversary of his death.
Magnificent! What a blessing! Much capacity to love!

I know it's wrong, but it makes me envious! Sorry, very sorry.