Death Be Not Proud - RIP Christine
Filed by: Donna Rose
December 2, 2009 7:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/12/death_be_not_proud_-_rip_cd.phpUntil my father's death almost a dozen years ago I had never had to experience death in people I knew, or friends, or family. There were aunts and uncles and distant relatives who I never knew who died but to be honest any significant emotional impact on me from these passings was minimal. This relationship between with death and me has changed in recent years as brothers, sisters, and now friends, are suddenly gone. I've lost three friends in the last 3 weeks alone - it has become a way of life but never loses its sting.
The most recent bombshell was this past weekend. News spread like wildfire through the transgender community that Mike Penner, who many of us also knew as Christine Daniels, was found dead on Saturday. By all indications, she took her life by her own hand. She was only 52 years old.
