tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post7351575255813569675..comments2024-03-29T03:36:27.656-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Brazil's Biggest FuneralOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21126975319831587402011-04-04T16:25:04.893-04:002011-04-04T16:25:04.893-04:00It must have been difficult for Eide because the p...It must have been difficult for Eide because the people who lined the streets thought they knew the celebrity but she got to know the man.<br /><br />I can't think of any sport star in recent years who has died at the top of the game. Now, with the kind of coverage celebrities get, fair or unfair, everyone's reputation gets smudged a bit because people seem so eager to concentrate on faults.<br /><br />It would seem that people should get more respect if they admit to their failings and then show how they overcame them. That would make them far better role models.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-87487131236949957802011-04-04T01:13:28.042-04:002011-04-04T01:13:28.042-04:00Thank you, Bernadette, for that input.
I've al...Thank you, Bernadette, for that input.<br />I've always had a special place in my heart for Senna.<br />Once, when she was coming home from a visit to the United States, Eide, my wife, was given a seat on the aircraft next to him.<br />It was early days in his career, but there were lots of Brazilians on the flight, and his fame was building.<br />A number of them came and asked for his autograph.<br />Eide, being Eide, asked him why.<br />"I drive racing cars," he said.<br />"Oh," she said, "Nelson Piquet."<br />(Another Brazilain driver. They were great rivals at the time.)<br />"No," he said. "My name is Ayrton Senna."<br />He was gracious in his correction -- as he was in everything in life.<br />And they chatted about all sorts of other things on the long flight back to Brazil.<br />She cried all day long on the day of his death.Leighton Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788807904434180290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-78009175422095252832011-04-04T00:42:14.667-04:002011-04-04T00:42:14.667-04:00for a few years while I was a university student t...for a few years while I was a university student the Australian leg of the F1 Grand Prix was held in my town and I had a gig as an usher. One year I attened a Pitt Strait party for all the course staff and lots of the drivers attended too. Most of them were incredibly standoffish and only mixed with each other or their minders but Senna was mixing with all, signing autographs and generally having time for everyone who wanted it. It was the year he first won the championship - '88 I think - but he didn't know he was going to win at the time of the party so he'd have been within his rights to be off somewhere else. He was definitely the favourite of all the course staff after that party - even those of us like me who had little idea about F1. They named a part of the circuit after him and even though it's not used for F1 these days it is used for other motor racing and last time I checked (a couple of years ago) there was still a small memorial to Senna in the park through which the street circuit runs.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.com