"Dying is the only thing that guarantees a rock star has a legacy that stretches beyond temporary relevance. Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death equals credibility. I want to figure out why that is. I want to find out why the greatest career move any musician can make is to stop breathing." - Chuck Klosterman
Klosterman was right, long before the news about Winehouse's death broke shortly after news of a massacre in Norway. The problem is, for many people, Winehouse consumed the spotlight in the public arena. One woman suffering from substance abuse over nearly 100 innocent people murdered. But, I suppose, there was art involved in Winehouse's death, which makes the death itself seem like the final act, the final brushstroke, in the artistic creation of her life. It makes her song "Rehab" all the more poignant. I suppose we are all slaves to the magnitude and mystery of death, so anyone who has experienced it inevitably becomes infinitely and intractably more fascinating.
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