Who Do Ya Love?

Hey, folks.

Quick family update for those who follow...everybody's doing great. The Mom is settling into Lake Taylor and beginning to have fun (who da thunk!), and Beck's is doing above average in P.T. (always the overachiever).

So onward!

Walter Cronkite passed away on Friday, 17 July. He was the journalist for myself and the generation before me. I remember him reporting the moon landing, Watergate, and even a little of the Kennedy assassination. He was a voice of reason during Vietnam and was considered the most trusted newsman in America, not only by his peers but by his audience.

I think he was important to me because he was part of a small circle of celebrities that I could actually see during my youth. I didn't have E Entertainment News to watch or People magazine to read. My exposure to the world of stars was limited to 3 major networks and movies at the theater. So when someone from my small group of idols passes, I feel it.

And it made me think..do kids today have similar groups?
I mean, they grow up in such a different world.
Cable TV, movies on demand, a constant bombardment of celebrities who rush to show every little aspect of their lives. Are they impacted when a member of their circle dies? Or is their attention span so short and new celebrities so readily available, that they just move on the next?

Help me out here, readers.

How do you feel? Do you miss someone in your world of entertainment, someone who reached you in a special way? (Don't use Michael Jackson, he is a special case.)

Let me know if I'm alone here.