Singing in heaven

Goodbye James Gandolfini.  He had given so much and had so much to give.  51 is too young an age at which to die.  Many will identify him with Tony Soprano - his breakthrough role - but I will also see him as the conflicted general in In The Loop.  As Richard Beckinsale proved, a heart attack can strike at any time, though his girth, whcih was so much of what he was in so many ways, suggested heavy cholesterol intake.  As one of the presenters on the Today programme said, many Hollywood figures will be checking out the condition of their hearts in the coming days - if some lives are saved because of that, at least some good has come out of this tragedy.  He died on holiday in Rome, so I hope he went out happy.