— —05.14.2013 06:58 AM

If you are reading this, I am dead

You want a lede?  This is a lede.  Wow.

If you are reading this, I am dead.

How’s that for a lead?

Guarantees you read on, at least for a bit.

When the Sun’s George Gross died suddenly in March 2008, at age 85, there were few of his contemporaries left alive to recall the old days, when he was in his prime and his world was young. I was one of the few who knew him then.

After attending his funeral I half-facetiously remarked to the Toronto Sun’s deputy managing editor, Al Parker, that I had been around so long that no one was left who knew me back then, and I had better write my own obituary.

“Good idea!” said Parker with more enthusiasm than I appreciated.

I mentioned it to my wife, Yvonne, who approved.

So here it is, not exactly an obit but a reflection back on a life and a career that I had never planned, but which unfolded in a way that I’ve never regretted.

2 Comments

  1. Mike in Toronto says:
    May 14, 2013 at 11:41 am

    What a wonderful piece! Thank you for pointing it out.

    Reply
  2. !o! says:
    May 14, 2013 at 11:50 am

    what a guy. That’s style.

    Reply

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