Diagnosed with colon cancer, he continued to make films, to entertain us, to try to make us all forget our pains and hardships for a few hours - all whilst he was battling his for years.... This hurt differently as it is an all too familiar journey for almost every Black American... Or dare I say, this is the American dream sold to black people. Yet the vast majority of them live it with enormous dignity.

Facing discrimination and death on a daily basis - yet you are expected to turn up to work - smile at others... numb your pain and make others coffee... bury your emotions and bring others’ dream to life. Our system will cain you, imprison you, taunt you with high status but eventually will not give you what you deserve... yet you must contribute to it and enrich others. The pain and hurt only felt by those closest to you - those who deserve the best of you have to live with the worst of you - as you have no other outlet for this pain...

For those who believe in a hereafter... there will be justice and all debts will be repaid.... all sacrifices will be recompensed and there will be no more pain for the oppressed and suppressed. The one who has suffered the most will totally forget all the pain with just a dip into His Lord’s Mercy - and the unjust who enjoyed all these world’s fleeting moments will forget all the sweet memories with just a dip into God’s Wrath. For a life lived without uplifting others and serving others is a life wasted.

You served us... you entertained us and you brought countless smiles and immense hope to hearts... You did God’s work on earth - and now you have passed on the baton to us all - showing us that the best of results does not always require the most perfect circumstances. That through pain, beauty can still be created and that those with no hope can still give hope to others

Sleep well... No more pain from here on...