Vale Mainy
Perth and the footy community is stunned to hear of the death of Eagles wingman Chris Mainwaring. He played with distinction in the early years of the club.
Lots has been said and written already. Clearly, its too early to work out exactly what the circumstances of his death were and we may never know what was happening in his life.
It has been reported that he was a likeable knockabout sort of bloke and most West Australians know that he took to working in the Channel 7 newsroom after hanging up his boots.
WA has lost a legend too young. But what is it about the death of celebrity that touches people so deeply. It might say something about the pedestal we put them on, it might also say something about our own lives. Many other people die too young and yet one death like this can be devastating to so many people.
Maybe, it is the fact that life itself is so fragile and deaths like this are a reminder of that. It certainly makes one reflect on the Omnipotent.
