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[rootofnewt]

In other news, Fred Rogers died.

This is the worst part of growing up.

The death part I can accept and cope with. People die. Pets die. It hurts, but it happens.

But the deaths of childhood icons are one of those things that separate generations.

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[wdalphin.livejournal.com]

:( It brings back sad memories of Jim Henson's death. I miss them both so much...

[michellew.livejournal.com]

This made me cry at my desk today. I have such deep admiration for Fred Rogers and what I view as his ministry on television. He was a pioneer in children's television and a canny businessman but, most importantly, at 74 years old he still retained the ability to see the world through the eyes of a child. His ability to do that made childhood a little more accessible to all of us.

It makes me happy to know that people with his brand of gentle decency exist.

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

I've been blocking it emotionally, right now. Children's culture is perhaps my first beloved one, and Mister Rodgers was so much a part of it. I was a wreck when Henson died...

These things separate generations, but they're also... heroes and role-models, sometimes for both sister and brother, or mother and child. Storybook characters made flesh -- which makes their deaths shake so deeply.

Myuuu...