I think John Miller makes all the important points about Strom below. But on the lighter side, how long do you think his obit has been lying around the Washington Post? Since the 1980s? I bet Len Downie wrote the first draft as an intern.

I don’t mean any disrespect, it’s just that 100 is a great age to depart this mortal coil. Love him or hate him no one can deny he lived a full life. He should be memorialized, but I find it hard to see this as a moment of great tragedy. For example, I remember when I was in college and Martha Graham died at the premature age of 96, retiring from the stage at 75 and gvving up choreography — I think in her late 80s. Because my school had a big dance program, the place was festooned with weeping, inconsolable girls who couldn’t cope with the enormity of the tragedy. My response, which earned me few friends was “Well, when did you wanther to die?”