i don't think necesarrily so. when i hear james brown, i think of him singing and dancing, his music, and eddie murphy skits. his arrests and other stuff do not even come to mind. i think someone's legecacy is what they contributed most, how they acted the majority of the time. i also think most people like to remember the good stuff people did. then again, if someone was reletively horrible, and did one or two good things at the end of thier life, i would think most people would remember the bad stuff first. everyone loves the autobahn, but no one want to thank hitler for it.
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Originally Posted by lostgirl
Sometimes it seems like it. Look at poor David Carradine, and how he will now be remembered for how he died. It seems it works better if you die young and at the top of your game. Then you gain a legendary status and will always be remembered how you were when you died. Instead of going on to become old where real life issues take away the mystique.
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i will still think of david carradine as an actor and the work he did, not how he died.