Lamar Odom & The Tragedy of Public Demons
There’s been an outpouring of emotion and support toward Lamar Odom following the news of his hospitalization earlier this week. In the hours after the 35-year-old was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel on Tuesday (Oct. 13), friends, family members, former team mates and thousands of strangers have offered prayers and best wishes for the former NBA star to fight through this near-death experience and recover. Countless stories of how great of a guy Odom is, and how much he means to so many people, have been told.
It feels strange that these words are being said now, when Lamar Odom can’t hear them. It feels misguided. It feels wrong.
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