had been overcome with sleep

A famous singer died a day after a famous comedian died. Growing up, I heard that celebrities always died in threes. (Don't deny you heard that theory.) Skeptics point out that there are lots of celebrities, and the likelihood that a few die within a short timespan is not that unlikely. Secondly, because they're celebrities, their deaths are all over newspapers and the web, so we're always reading that someone famous died, ergo this whole trifecta thing. I'm sure there are people wondering who'll die tomorrow to finish off the trio.

I have no idea where I'm going with this, except to mention that a brother in Christ went to be with the Lord on Friday. And while the fanfare of the passing of the singer and the comedian will be far greater nationally than that of this brother in Christ, I have no doubt that in Heaven, the singer and the comedian will be hearing far more about the faith of the brother.

"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His godly ones." {Ps116:15}