Twenty Years ago today we lost Mr. Farley. RIP

[LloydsLegs]

To be clear, many of us on this board did know Chris.

[Jockey]

We knew his art.  When Glen Frey died, I didn't know him but I appreciated his music and felt a loss.  A loss for all of us that cared about the music.  Robin Williams.  Tom Petty.  The local guy down the street that used to deliver your paper.  You sister's old boyfriend.  It doesn't matter.

Man, you have a wicked insensitive streak in you it seems.

I agree with what you say here.

When I think of "loss" however, I think of it in terms of friends and family. They faced real suffering and loss that lasted much, much longer than the few minutes that we may reflect after someone famous dies.

I acknowledge the deaths of these artists and the work they did, but I didn't lose them.

[GooooMarquette]

We - humankind - lost Chris Farley.

[Jockey]

We - humankind - lost Chris Farley.

No Mas. Semantic arguments can go on forever.

[rocket surgeon]

While all of that is absolutely true, I don't see any reason to dance on a man's grave.  Everyone acknowledges that Chris led a reckless lifestyle, something his contemporaries all the way back at MU even understood at the time.

  i have to go with this one-the dude had addiction issues.  he was so f'ed up, he didn't realize what he was doing to himself.  his normal was wasted.  when you are f'ed up, one doesn't know how much or what he his doing to himself.  is that an excuse-nope.  he made his bed.  have to have some pity for the guy as a human being.  without drugs, he was one hurtin cowboy.  so now he is at peace

i have a neighbor who played rugby with him-he was all that-RIP chris!

[real chili 83]

No Mas. Semantic arguments can go on forever.

#facepalm

[tower912]

I met him, I wasn't friends with him.    I frequently tell people that I was two years behind Chris Farley and two years in front of Scott Walker and that I had met them both.    Everyone dies.   How did they live?   In Chris's case, he lived large.