It’s been quite a week for Jimmy. Got some real sad news about a dear, dear friend (and one of my biggest fans), Brett Benton.
Marcia and I live busy, busy lives. So we have long been supported in bringing up James Jr by our live-in nanny Brett Benton. (Yes he’s a man but come on guys, it’s 2011! Ain’t you ever seen Who’s The Boss?!).
Brett was a high school friend of Marcia’s. But it was only after Marcia married me that they bumped into one another again, and really hit it off. About a year later – OK maybe not a year, probably a few months less, call it nine months – James Jr was born and we asked Brett to be our live-in nanny.
He’s always been there for Marcia, particularly when I’ve been on the road. Supporting her in raising James Jr, helping her round the house, and making sure she’s got everything she needs, day and night. And James Jr just loves him. They’ve got loads in common – including a rare genetic skin condition. What are the chances! And you know what, he and I really bonded too over the years. He always seems to know, instinctively, when things might not be going so well with me and Marcia, and is there for me, counselling me, advising me to go on the road again to give her some time and space to herself. Brett’s a star. A friend. A rock. A shining light for us Baldwins.
Well, not any more. He’s dead. He died last night, crushed to death under a death-dealing ten-ton truck of death, no plates, nothing. Funny thing is, he’d just left a message asking me to call him. Said he had something he had to tell me, something I deserved to know. God knows what it was – Marcia certainly has no idea. She hadn’t seen him for days (she’s been busy on a Heavy Goods Vehicle training course for her new movie, Truckin’).
I guess this is what they mean by the mystery of death. Anyway, Brett, if you’re reading this blog (via www.heaven.com, I’m sure!), please know that we’re all thinking of ya.
Peace out.
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