Saying goodbye to a legend

Over the weekend without any warning America lost another legend, and while Johnny Carson may not have been a war hero or a great politician he did soemthing that not too many other people manage to do. He entertained the country for over 30 yrs. He made us laugh through difficult times, Vietnam, the Gas shortage, Bush Sr. administration, the original Gulf war.

JC always managed to bring a smile to MY face when my parents let me stay up late enough to watch him, he left the air when I was 14, but still I remember his wonderful monologes.

At 79, Carson was not a young man by any means and while he had been battling illness for the last several years, I believe that it came as a bit of a shock when he died.

Legends are not supposed to die, I look back upon some of the legends that I grew up with and while they had all died, most long before I even was born, They were still alive in a way to me, I knew them for the great things that they did, and that is how I thought of them; alive in the moment of their greatness. That is how I want to remember the legends of today, that pass away, not because they died, but for the great things that they did.

So Heeeeeeerrrre's to Johnny.