Dave Freeman.
Does the name ring a bell?
It didn’t for me. But yesterday, while reading the Chicago Tribune before dinner, I saw an article titled “Author of Quirky ‘100 Things’ Guide.”
Dave Freeman co-authored the book, 100 Things to Do Before You Die
But yesterday, I wasn’t just reading an article– I was reading his obituary. Dave had slipped and hit his head on a glass ledge in his home. He was only 47 years old.
The New York Daily News reported that Freeman “really did live a full life.”
Freeman had run with the bulls in Spain. He’d hung his boots in an ice hotel in Finland. He stood beside the 400 stainless steel poles that make up the Lightning Field in New Mexico. And he made sure not to miss India‘s Maha Kumbh Mela in 2001, a Hindu pilgrimage that happens only once every 12 years.
Considering that the book was written in 1999 and that Freeman completed half of the 100 things– I would say that he did indeed, lead a pretty full life.
US Magazine has a quote shared by Freeman’s father:
According to his father, Freeman was famous for saying, “‘We’re going to the future. Do you want to come along?’ It always made everybody laugh.”
How about you? Are you going to the future?