RIP 2011

[Alex]

Just in case, did not mean to imply that anybody else's empathy is feigned. Just that mine would be.

I'd only read a couple stories but they said it was the people with him who said he'd had a fair amount to drink before leaving (three shots, three beers). If that turns out to be incorrect then that reason for not feeling empathy will be gone. But I don't have much issue with playing the odds on alcohol having been involved in a fatal solo car crash on the way home from a bar at closing time.

But if I were a more public figure like Roger Ebert I'd probably pretend to hold off on jumping to conclusions.