"Obviously, it was a very negative thing for me to lose such a good partner. He was very good. He was a very strong and beautiful and protective force for me. But his words and his music are still here. It will still affect people. And that's the only thing they knew, anyway, when he was alive. So that's the fate of an artist. It's not a bad one. As long as you are what you have created, and what you wanted to share with the world, it's still there." -- Yoko Ono (b. 1933-02-18), talking about John Lennon (b. 1940-10-09, d. 1980-12-08), in Esquire, interviewed 2010-07-29, published 2010-12-08
[I should maybe also have a quote from Jim Morrison (b. 1943-12-08, d. 1971-07-03) today ... but I'll just leave this parenthetical comment here instead.]