Coincidence is a funny thing.
Some people
think that things happen at the same time for a reason, while others just think
it is coincidence when similar things happen at the same time, place or day.
Well, how
would you explain that the two "kings" of their respective avocations
died on the same day, albeit 29 years apart?
George
Herman "Babe" Ruth, arguably the best baseball player of all time,
died today in 1948 at age 53, while Elvis Aron Presley, arguably the greatest
rock and roll artist of all time, died in 1977 at age 42.
Each one of
them dominated their chosen fields during their heydays. When each died, they
were basically way past their primes, but both died having packing in fame,
fortune and immortality during relatively short lifespans.
Babe Ruth
hit 714 home runs, while Elvis charted well more than 100 singles on the Hot
100 chart.
Both were
given to amazing feats, both on and off their fields of choice, related to
eating, women, and just living life huge.
One was a
Yankee, the other born in the deep South.
I guess
there are other parallels, although I think you see by the ones that I posted
that both of these people were larger than life figures during life, and yes,
after life too.
That they
both died on the same day is coincidence, I guess.
However,
some people believe that famous deaths happen in threes--who else famous died
today?
Idi Amin,
the Ugandan dictator, died in 2003 at age 78.
Actress
Amanda Blake ("Gunsmoke") died in 1989 at age 58.
Bela Lugosi,
the creepy actor, died in 1956 at age 73.
The original
Shamu the Wale died in 1991 at age 16.
All of these
people (and the whale) made their marks in life, but they really can't compare
with Ruth and Presley.
So if things
happen in threes, will a current or future person who makes an incredible mark
on society pass on this date?
Who knows
...
But I think
it will be coincidence just the same.
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