Professor Elam

Sunday Feb 12, 2012

I see that Whitney Houston, 48,  died at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She peaked with her movie The Bodyguard and it's been a downhill slide ever since. 

One of the teams in Ethics class is writing  a Case Study on Michael Jackson's 'doctor, an enabler for bad habits if there ever was one.   Last week Demi Moore was rushed to the hospital for an apparent over does, she was lucky. 

It's a long list. Humphrey Bogart had a May December marriage with Lauren Bacall. He was a devoted husband and father, not the frequent Hollywood marriage. He loved sailing. But he died of lung cancer via his cigarette habit. Ditto John Wayne and Edgar Murrow. 

Elvis was a mere 42 years old and had but $2 million in the bank at his death. Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, John Belushi, all gone and that's just off the top of my head on Sunday morning. Happily Brittney Spears Dad apparently got her on track and Robert Downey Jr. came to his senses, both careers doing much better now. Lindsey Lohan does not get it. 

Are we our brother and sisters keepers?