I meant to write this yesterday when I heard the tragic
news, but things got busy, as life so often is. As an avid fan of horror, and
of film in general, as well as a metal head, I find the news of Christopher
Lee's death to be something I never in my life wanted to hear of. I knew, and
I'm sure anybody who is a fan knew, that it would come eventually. The guy was
very old, but he was the most badass old man in the history of men over 90.
Christopher Lee was the star of
Hammer horror films in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. The original horror monsters
of the 1920's, 30's, and 40's were shared by Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and
Lon Chaney, Jr. Christopher Lee played them all in the Hammer Horror film
revival years.
The man spoke six languages, fought the Nazi's, played a
Bond villain, starred in my two all time favorite movie franchises (Lord of the
Rings and Star Wars), and all around, he was awesome. I have his two heavy
metal albums Charlemagne: By the Sword
and the Cross and Charlemagne: The Omens
of Death, both of which were recorded in the last five years.. The man was superior in everything he did, and he was a hero of mine. I have a list of
five people I wanted to meet in my lifetime, and unfortunately, that list is
down to four because he was number one at the top of that list. I could go on
and on about his life, about how awesome he was, but this has been done so many
times that my ranting would be moot and redundant. Just Google Christopher Lee,
read about the most awesome man in the world, a man who live his live to the
fullest, who did more and accomplished more in his lifetime because he knew
that he could, and because he is the definition of pure awesomeness. He will be
missed, and this world will have an emptiness without him.
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