Tony Soprano is dead

[Docfeelgood]

Can't do much about genetics

[Alexander's Horse]

I'm really sorry he died so young, he was a great actor.

[Wezil]

Can't do much about genetics

"He loved his food. He didn't push back from the table," said journalist Larry King, who spent time with the actor on and off camera.

Photos and anecdotes indicate that Gandolfini enjoyed cigars.

Kudos to him for living his life the way he wanted (I'm certainly not one to judge) but let's not pretend taking an aspirin a day is going to overcome those sort of choices.

[Sava]

the loss of a human life is worse when it's a celebrity

[The Mad Monk]

Kudos to him for living his life the way he wanted (I'm certainly not one to judge) but let's not pretend taking an aspirin a day is going to overcome those sort of choices.

The tragic thing here is his fatherless thirteen year old son. He did live life the way he wanted, period. Once you're dead, it doesn't matter what you did or did not do, other than how how it affects the people you left behind.

[Sava]

The tragic thing here is his fatherless thirteen year old son. He did live life the way he wanted, period. Once you're dead, it doesn't matter what you did or did not do, other than how how it affects the people you left behind.

Yup. And he was a fat selfish ******* for not taking better care of himself.

[The Mad Monk]

The only selfish thing he did was have a child.

[kentonio]

He was only 51, not that old. The secret is that really every American male over 45 should be taking one baby aspirin every day and should do whatever it takes to adjust his LDL cholesterol tp 70 mg/dl or below. Also keep the blood pressure and blood sugar under control.

Is it true that vodka thins the blood and leads to a long and happy life?

[MikeH]

Yes, and the more you have the happier you are and the longer you live.

[The Mad Monk]

Sure, just look at Russia.

[Sava]

The only selfish thing he did was have a child.

Having children is only selfish when it happens in the third world.

[The Mad Monk]

It's always selfish. You are creating a person who, if things go right, will view things as you do and love you your entire life and take care of you when you're old. They don't ask to be born and you don't ask their permission to raise them in your image. You do so knowing they will live in the same crap world and be forced to leave everything behind when they die, same as you. They are your ultimate monument to yourself.

[Sava]

It's always selfish. You are creating a person who, if things go right, will view things as you do and love you your entire life and take care of you when you're old. They don't ask to be born and you don't ask their permission to raise them in your image. You do so knowing they will live in the same crap world and be forced to leave everything behind when they die, same as you. They are your ultimate monument to yourself.

Odd view coming from a conservative.

I figured the selfish people, in your mind, would be the childless ones who expect society's social welfare system to care for them when they become old decrepit bastards.

And also, they would be selfish because childless people spend all their resources on themselves rather than caring for another soul.

I don't have a strong view on this. I think it's a matter of perspective.

[The Mad Monk]

The truly selfless are those who spend their resources helping those they do not know.

[Sava]

The truly selfless are those who spend their resources helping those they do not know.

Why? They are just promoting a culture of dependency, right? Regardless of whether it is public assistance or private, helping others is immoral.