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America in
Chains

THOUGHTS ON NOT DYING November 22, 2011

My wife Cathy startled me the other day by saying, “I want to die
young.”

Let’s just say that the lovely and talented mother of my only
child is over 50, so at first this seemed like an extremely peculiar
thing to say, until I realized what she actually meant by it. She
wants to continue feeling young, right up to her final moment. She
also says — and this is a big part of it — she wants to leave this
mortal coil with lots left to do. I have to admit …