Gary Carter Dead at 57

Not only is this perhaps number two of the three of "celebrities" to pass within the last few days (although Gary Carter had more class and was most certainly not a vain whiny know-it-all like most famous personalities these days) but Gary Carter was my favourite baseball player. I used to love to watch him play with the Montreal Expos growing up. I even was lucky enough to see him play at Olympic Stadium in my very first Major League ball game on a trip to Montreal in 1981. It was the year of the Expos' phenomenal pennant run in that strike-shortened split season. It sure was awesome to see the Great #8 play live. I'm also glad he went back to the Expos and played his final year there in 1992 before they were sold and moved to Washington. Gary Carter, the three-time Golden Glove and two-time All-Star MVP succumbed to brain cancer at the all-too-young age of 57.

That's two of my childhood favourites to pass in the last year or so. It probably won't be long before they're all gone. That's when you really examine your own mortality. Bummer.