August 10, 2004

What a Story

A friend of mine recently attended a funeral for a young lady who died of cancer. At her funeral, they played a Hawaiian version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," a song I remember hearing at the end of the ER episode where Dr. Green dies.

Another friend mentioned that the song was performed by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, and that the song was made even more poignant by the fact that the singer died at a young age himself. I had to put his name into Windows Media and listen to the song again, then I looked up his obituary.

Do yourself a favor--track down a copy of the song and listen, then do a little research about him.