Spanish views from a small town

The last day of the year is Saturday. Till then, most of us have our fingers crossed that nobody else famous whom we grew up with, dies. Our ch ildhood and teen idols all see m to be disappearing this year. Granted, some of them were old, such as Leonard Cohen and Zsa Zsa Gabor. They had reached the threshold of death after many years of life. Still other s were taken by insidious illness, such as Alan Rickman or Muhammed Ali. But some were too young to die, especially for those of us who aren't so far away from the ages of so me of those we have lost , like S unday 's death. Geor ge Michael was only 53. He came to fame when he was b arely into his twenties, and most of us w ere still teenagers. I found a list of notable deaths that is not complete, and is limited to either people well-known from the Anglo-Saxon world, or peop le from other o rigins whose fame has transcended borders. I mention those whose names bring back memories. To begin, G eorge Michael. How...