On Sunday after the death of Stuart Scott was announced ESPN aired a moving tribute to Scott during which Scott Van Pelt broke down and cried and talk about what a tragic day today was. Yesterday I heard Richard Condon on Matt Moscona's show say that the Scott tribute was recorded in September, 108 days before Scott died. Seems kind of morbid to do that beforehand and did SVP really feel those emotions and break down in tears or did he have a bottle of Jimmy Swaggart Tear Juice?
Not morbid at all. This sort of tribute is done all the time when someone is known to be terminally ill. It's just one side of the inevitable, no different than planning one's own funeral or making final arrangements, etc. They were prepared and frankly it takes the pressure off for anchors to fill in the air time with off the cuff commentary. I didn't see the actual tribute so no idea on Van Pelt.
More likely is that he has been near death for some time and they did not expect him to last as long as he did.
Just goes to show you the kind of heart and desire to live that Stuart Scott possessed. He was fighting it to the bitter end. Props to him.
I know my wife can ball her eyes out just thinking about someone she cares for dying. Some people are emotional like that, sad to say something I do not posses. My grief is handled differently, but I wish I had more of that emotion. Think of what it meant to Stuart if he was able to see it before he passed. I would imagine it touched his heart to know how much everyone respected and loved him. I always liked the guy, made watching ESPN better. R.I.P. Stuart
Look bitches, when I own the deed to the farm, better not be one of you crying. There will be a big ass party with lots of beer and strippers and I will even let @LaSalleAve spark one up in my honor. If you cry or don't show I will haunt your asses. You think I'm a pain in the ass now.
Concerning my father's death, some of the hardest times for me were when we first started realizing the end was inevitable. When the day came I was terribly sad, obviously, but couldn't "cry" as far as tears. Not sure why. Maybe due to the fact that I actually lost him, slowly, before he died. The treatments, etc. slowly took him from us to the point his communication with me was more from expressions I'd notice in speaking to him from his bedside. It's actually hard for me to believe how much of the year before and after is a blur. My memory is already bad I have little recollection about the funeral, etc. Point of my post is that the thought of losing someone, when you know it's coming...yeah I can see how some could cry 3 months before.
