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Cal Thomas: The other side of fame

“I'm gonna live forever, baby, remember my name” – (from “Fame”)

The death at age 54 of Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, got me thinking again about the two-edged sword that is fame.

Poems, books, even movies have addressed fame, how some people even lust after it and how it seems to ruin more lives than it helps. Once you have attained fame you can never

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