I remember my music idols well. My teenage years straddled the edgy 70s and the punky 80s. Some of the idols I grew up with with were so gifted you can't help but envy them for the 'lives they lived'. They were so perfect in my eyes then. They can sing, they can act. And they look oh so good. I remember how much I wanted to be just like them. 


Andy Gibb

But now I know, some things look good from afar and what we see isn't necessarily really what it is in reality. And a great beginning is not a good indicator of a great ending. Andy Gibb, the talented younger brother of the Gibb brothers, Bee Gees, died some years ago. He had a serious drinking problem coupled with recurrent heroine abuse. 

To most people, Andy had everything. Fame, talent, looks, everything. Or so we thought. Why would a happy person kill himself with a drinking habit gone out of control? Read more about Andy Gibb at Wikipedia.

A while ago, I fired up my browser and a familiar name on MSN's POPULAR SEARCHES section caught my eyes. 


Leif Garret, the 1970's pop-star and idol, with looks that can put any of the current boy-bands to shame. By why is Leif Garret in the news, after all these years?

Leif Garret then...

Here's some backgrounder on Leif.



Leif Garret...today.

Check out his latest trip into the headlines...Fall of a teen idol Leif Garrett.
It's sad.

It makes me wish I could have a peek into my future, and the future of the people I care about to see what would happen to their lives 25 years from now. At least if I know, I could do something about the present, to reflect and to persuade ourselves from taking the roads that lead to such senseless self-negation.

Rock-stars, politicians, one time corporate heroes, old friends, family members, our children...

Really, what can we do? How can we tell? 

PS. And Kristy McNichol, I hope you are alright, wherever you are.