Not to demean the deceased, but anything like this there are always people who portray them as a really good person, no matter what they were actually like.
In the linked article from yesterday:
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"It's odd -- I couldn't see him provoking anyone," said Matt, who didn't give his last name.
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"The guy could be happy anywhere in the world -- he was the humblest person, and he wouldn't care if he was living in a shack," Matt said.
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"He was always positive, even at the worst of times," he said. "Hopefully, he's in a better place."
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And yet he had quit school, had no job, and:
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But he also said Prevost occasionally sold marijuana to make ends meet.
"He was caught in the drugs and alcohol like the rest of us are," Biswas said.
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http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...4b56274486&p=2
It is sad when anyone young dies, but lets not portray him to be something that he wasn't - namely an innocent saint.