Britain's Captain Sir John Moore-- Part 4: And, What a Life

Imagine, interviews with media elites.  An audience with the queen.  A knighthood.  The flag above the Prime Minister's residence lowered in your honor.  A respectful pause taken in a contentious debate at the House of Parliament, noting your death.

A name written in fireworks across the London sky on New Year's Eve.

A No. 1 single ion the U.K pop charts.  Yeah.

A legacy of persistence, of sacrifice, of unselfishness, of humor and good cheer.

A quotidian life, suddenly of extraordinary usefulness by writ of its very ordinary nature.

What an incredibly wonderful way to go.

I hadn't heard of him before his recent death, but considering all the Google Alerts concerning his death, quite the man.

So Long Captain Tom.  --GreGen