I'd love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into - we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don't feel like they're ours.
What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.
Jessica Alba, Actress (1981) |
James Baker, Politician (1930) |
Lionel Barrymore, Actor (1878) |
Harold Bauer, Musician (1873) |
Simin Daneshvar, Novelist (1921) |
Duncan Forbes, Writer (1798) |
Jorge Garcia, Actor (1972) |
William Hall, Soldier (1827) |
Diane Johnson, Novelist (1934) |
Elena Kagan, Judge (1960) |
Penelope Fitzgerald, Poet (2000) |
Leon Jouhaux, Leader (1954) |
Mohammed Daud Khan, Statesman (1978) |
Aleksandr Lebed, Politician (2002) |