Marian MacKinney dies
 

Marian MacKinney, the owner of Portraits Inc., passed away on Wednesday, August 1. She died of a heart attack. The funeral will take place on Monday, August 6th at 9:30am at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel, 1076 Madison Avenue (81st), Tel: 212-288-3500.

John Howard Sanden has a nice tribute to Marian MacKinney. (http://www.worldofportraitpainting.com/intro.htm)

Marian MacKinney
Forever young,
Forever beautiful...

Marian MacKinney & Margaret Mitchell
Both died in the August, as the number 8 is related to their name.
Both reached their prime about the age of 36,
Marian MacKinney was born in almost the same year of the death of the later.

Marian MacKinney died on Aug. 1st, which is PLA's birthday,(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Liberation_Army)

The forte of the main melody of the song of the PLA echoed the one in GWTW (Gone With the Wind). In a word, the principal is "strive", "even up". I can well perceive that spirit by contacting with Cynthia Daniel.

You are lucky that you have never experienced this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Ling_%281973%29[url]

"I want to be famous in some way-a speaker, artist, writer, soldier, fighter, stateswoman, or anything nearly. If I were a boy, I would try for West Point, if I could make it, or well I'd be a prize fighter--anything for the thrills. I think there is a piece in the Bible that says 'knock and it shall be opened unto you, ask and thou shalt receive.' Of course, I'm sensible enough to know that I've got to try as well as ask, and I have tried, in my way, to do the best, and heaven knows that I asked enough to be the smartest person on earth-only I'm not. Quite a difference. Well, here's one more try for 1915."