We are very fortunate to be able to visit the Orlando area in Florida (read: Disney World!) yearly, but during our past two visits, CNN has been overrun with news of unexpected and shocking celebrity deaths. In February 2007 during our visit, the breaking news was of model/actress Anna Nicole Smith’s early demise. It was widely speculated that she was on drugs, but her death was still very surprising especially considering her 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith’s shocking death just 3 months earlier.
During our latest outing to the Sunshine State in late January of this year, it was Heath Ledger’s accidental overdose that ruled the news. At the time, I have to admit that I didn’t know exactly who he was or what movies he was in, but I did recognize what a big name he had in show business. His death took everyone by surprise; so much so, that the event completely dominated the news while we were in Florida. With gas prices the way they are, I don’t know if we’ll make it back to Orlando this October as planned; we might have to push it off until early next year in January or February or even wait until the kids are older altogether… But if we do decide to go, I’ll put out the word to watch out for a random celebrity’s unexpected passing…
I’ll be sure to have the pool all set up to shamelessly collect on someone’s misfortune… OMG!!! That would be soooo mean.