Tribute Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1S8xNikOpY

(Please excuse the Celine Dion, although I guess it's okay for her to sing "O Canada")

The King is Dead, Long Live the King!

From "In Memoriam Sgt. Marc Léger"

"The Livno Valley [of Bosnia] became Master Corporal Léger’s adopted home. He lived in the Camp with the rest of us, but his heart and mind was always with "his" people stuck in the bombed out houses among mines strewn fields. He could not accept that the Humanitarian Aid Agencies had simply left these people to fend for themselves. He began to badger the local UNHCR representative, and any aid agency that drove through the area was stopped by Master Corporal Léger and given a lecture on the conditions and the requirements for assistance. Finally, I explained to Master Corporal Léger that to get any resources from UNHCR or any other aid agency, he was going to have to get their attention, and the only way to get their attention was to get the locals to appoint a Mayor to plead their case directly. Seizing on the idea, Master Corporal Léger organized a "town hall" meeting with his people. He explained the realities and requirements, and explained the need to choose a leader, a spokesperson.  Unanimously, they chose him. Amused, he explained that he could not act as their spokesperson; he was a Canadian soldier - not a Bosnian politician. He explained the foreign concept of an election, and they all agreed that this was an excellent way to choose a new Mayor.  Again, Master Corporal Léger was the unanimous choice. Less amused and more concerned, Master Corporal Léger explained in detail that the Mayor had to be one of them.  He was ineligible. Finally, after much good natured teasing and a quick lesson on the concept of democratic elections theory done through a bemused translator, the locals chose their Mayor.  But they immediately became a constitutional monarchy when, again, by unanimous decision, they named Master Corporal Léger their King.  "King Marco" was to become Master Corporal Léger’s lasting title, both in the Livno Valley, and within the Parachute Company.

http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lfwa/Eulogies_Leger.htm
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Dion is often regarded as one of pop music's most influential voices and according to some sources, she possesses a five-octave vocal range. In a countdown of the "22 Greatest Voices in Music" by Blender Magazine and MTV, she placed ninth (sixth for a female), and she was also placed fourth in Cove magazine's list of "The 100 Outstanding Pop Vocalists". Upon her debut, many critics had welcomed her restrained vocal inflections, and she was praised for her technical virtuosity and intensity. As Charles Alexander of Time writes, "Her voice glides effortlessly from deep whispers to dead-on high notes, a sweet siren that combines force with grace."

Dion is rarely the centre of media controversies. However, in 2005, following the Hurricane Katrina disaster, she appeared on Larry King Live and tearfully criticized Louisiana's slow response in aiding the victims of Hurricane Katrina: "We need to be there right now to rescue the rest of the people."She later said, "When I do interviews with Larry King or the big TV shows like that, they put you on the spot, which is very difficult. I do have an opinion, but I'm a singer. I'm not a politician."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...&feature=related