Lucy Gordon

OK, first things first. I officially changed the name of this blog from "Celebrituary" to "Celebituary." To be honest both are problematic. Celebrituary is hard to say, and people have told me as much. Oh, and is it only for British people? I got that comment too. Celebituary makes more sense, but it has a misleading real word ingredient, that being "celebate," which some might ask, so is it only for deceased clergy?

It's sort of ironic that I am switching gears for this post, given that the recently deceased is a Brit, one Lucy Gordon. She apparently hung herself in Paris two days before her 29th birthday, which is really sad and unfortunate. My wife, Jennifer, who has her own thriving blog warned me, "...now, you're not going to go out and make fun of someone who just hung herself, are you?" I guess there is the misconception that I am the ultimate opportunist. You might even say a vulture. But, it's not like that at all. I just find the phenomenon of "the last fifteen minutes of fame" sort of interesting, and feel like it's a great time to learn a little something you might not know about this person.

So, for starters, I won't say a thing about that big movie she was in, although I will point to a well done blog entry of the photographer who snapped a shot of her at the opening of (un)said blockbuster. To be honest, I really don't feel like sleuthing factoids today as, believe it or not, I have a day job, and these untimely events sometimes conflict with meetings. Finding the links is the hardest part. But I owe it to you, guys don't I? OK, well. Her is an interview from the premiere of "The Four Feathers," which also starred Heath Ledger, thus linking the two not only in death, but in the superhero movie genre.

Here are her modeling specs. And while we are all learning something new, I just lost about ten minutes educating myself on the interesting character Serge Gainsbourg, who was the subject of the biopic that she last starred in as Gainsbourg's young wife, Jane Birkin.

Oh, and she was in Spiderman 3.