It's unusual for a typographical error to make you take a moment, sit back and ponder life's mysteries. Well to be honest it's never happened to me at all. Until today, that is. And I have the online version of Melbourne's The Age to thank. They just ran a story reporting the sudden and unexpected death by stroke of Rob Guest, a cast member in the Australian production of the musical Wicked. The crucial sentence:
Guest talked to a friend early on Tuesday night and seemed fine before collapsing at his computer and being, according to radio station 3AW.
Fascinating, isn't it. Initially I thought they meant "dying", but he died later in hospital, not at his computer. So I am left pondering their meaning – and ultimately other things besides.
I actually saw that show just two weeks ago, by the way. I remember thinking how amazingly agile he was, marvelling at the way he could leap around the stage like a ballet dancer, and hoping I would be in such good form at his age...
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