Rex, Ray, and public (dis) comfort

What they showed us of us.

At some point, the obits for Rex Murphy got to be as tedious as the laments for Ray Guy.

No modern wannabes already hailed as minor celebrities wailed for attention with Ray as a prop like they did for Rex. That was bad enough. In both cases there was talk of someone other than the deceased and, on some occasions, the odd faux mourner might wonder why w…