How did this saying get started?
2006-08-12 15:24:43 · 16 answers · asked by fresh2 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
not only but....
My husband was only 44 - lung cancer
A friend was 36 - heart attack
another friend was 4 days after 31st bday - car accident
my nephews best friend was 27 - car accident
a friend from HS with was early 30's - car accident.......i'll stop now
2006-08-12 17:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by iamjustme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably by the fact that a good person is rare and their death hurts a community. It got started by very young military men returning home dead. (18/19) That's YOUNG, and many years ago the death rate was high for babies - so people were worth more, well you know what I mean.
A bad person dying is sad for the mother - but, well, not for the community, town the bad person robbed, etc. - ya know?
2006-08-13 02:29:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, if that were true, my dad would have died at a very young age. He died at age 72, the doctor said his heart was like a 40 year old. So maybe he was still young.
I think the saying got started, when a person died at a young age, and it was said to comfort those grieving the loss of a loved one.
2006-08-12 23:32:49 · answer #3 · answered by Schona 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, too many people die young to all be good. I think it started as a way to comfort the bereaved. By the way, Billy Joel's song references it with "so they say."
2006-08-12 22:42:00 · answer #4 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they don't have a chance to be bad if they die young and if someone dies they only talk about the good things
2006-08-13 11:07:42 · answer #5 · answered by fritsviola 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I not only believe it but I have experienced it firsthand. I have witnessed quite a few deaths in my family, and it seems that the people who are nice and really likeable died and those who are miserable and nasty to anyone/everyone are still around. Maybe something about their being nasty to everyone is a preservative, causing them to live longer.
2006-08-12 22:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by amizuno_forever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of the reason can go to Billy Joel for his 1970s song with that title..
2006-08-12 22:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No but it hurts more when a good one dies young
2006-08-12 23:05:11 · answer #8 · answered by trixie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billy Joel wrote a song under that title. It was about trying to get a Virgin catholic girlfriend to sleep with him.
2006-08-12 22:30:15 · answer #9 · answered by miketorse2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In a song
2006-08-12 22:29:57 · answer #10 · answered by EL Big Ed 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋