This has been quite a year for the Grim Reaper, and it shows no signs of letting up just yet. In just the last few days he/she/it has claimed the lives of Christopher Hitchens and Vaclav Havel, both of whom have drawn well-earned tributes.
Today it's the turn of North Korea's Dear Leader, Kim Jong-Il, and the global response has been, let's say, a tad different. I'm reminded of the comment made by Bette Davis on the death of her hated rival, Joan Crawford: "You should never say bad things about the dead. You should only say good. Joan Crawford is dead. Good". That goes double for you, Kim!
Still, with the Reaper having already removed Usama bin Laden and Muammar Gadhafi from our midst this year, we can be sure that Kim is unlikely to be lonely in his new home.
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