Aviation Fatalities: "he died doing something he loved..."

"Brad" wrote in message
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I saw a similar sentiment posted in relation to Scott Crossfield's
fatel accident. I'm not sure I really get it...we're all going to die,
but do you really want to die doing something you love?

I think the sentiment means different things to different people. However,
I'm in agreement in Gene and Barry. It's not so much that you want the
thing you love to kill you, but that the (an) alternative is to die having
not done the thing you love. When I hear the sentiment, I don't interpret
it so much as "well at least he was right in the middle of doing something
he loved when he was killed" as I interpret it as "yes, the thing he loved
killed him, but at least he took the risk and did what he loved".

Relative risks aside, I do lots of things on daily basis that could get me
killed, and in just as traumatic or potentially painful a way as an airplane
accident could. Believe me, if I've got to die that way, I'd rather do it
in my airplane than trying to get to some meeting while driving down the
highway.

Pete