Last week, all of us - whether a Yank, Redsock or Ray - were diminished by the death of Wilber Varela, the last surviving heir to the $10 billion Medellin drug cartel.
Our Viva Central America! correspondent, Mons Meg, delivered this eulogy:
"Drug lord, drug baron... He was known by many noble titles.
"Friends called him 'Soap.' Also, 'Detergente.'
"Yes, Wilber Alirio Varela-Fajardo was a household name.
"Businessman, former policeman, gun enthusiast... this is how we will remember Wilber. His life's work will never be forgotten by Darryl, Rod, Butch, or the other Rod.
"As the poet John Donne said, "Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
"With the passing of Wilber, the bell tolls for us all.
"Donne also said, "If a clod be washed away bythe sea, Europe is the less."
"With the passing of Wilber, who among us can say a clod has not been washed away?"
"Wilber was a citizen of the world. And like that other citizen of the world, Julius Caesar, he was betrayed by those whom he trusted.
"The bad coke men do lives after them, and the good blow inters with their 10-hour, non-stop bones.
"Alas, I come to bury Wilber, not to...um... Bear with me. My straw is in the coffin there with Wilber, and I must pause 'til somebody give me change for a $20."
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