Kindness will always be the best virtue.

It has been a year since "musician" Papa Denis died. This is what was in our mind then

"Musician" Papa Dennis was pushed from the seventh floor of the Ngara building, by depression, arising from his dwindling fortunes, after his pockets ran dry, crippling his efforts to maintain a flamboyant and snazzy celebrity lifestyle

He is a victim of his own success

Quite reminiscent of marathon wonderboy Samuel Wanjiru who leaped from the first floor of his Nyahururu home balcony in the wee hours of 11th May 2011

Wanjiru couldn't manage his fame. He went around kicking mama mboga's tomatoes in the market and paying them tenfold

By the time of his death, he had ran into debts, after his fortunes spiralled southwards

Papa Dennis is quoted to have said in some radio station that he had some 50 millions in his bank accounts

When the rise is so rapid and expeditiously pell-mell, the thud of the imminent fall is certain to be spectacular. Hubris is oftentimes succeeded by a breathtaking plunge

Key, could be the humility of Eliud Kipchoge, who seems unchanged by the surplus of fame and money going his way.
 
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