For 125 years, an event has taken place in Los Angeles. It is solemn. Respectful. And while it usually draws several hundred people, it goes unnoticed by most. One day each year L.A. County officials, clergy and interested members of the public set aside time to bury the county's unclaimed dead. Prayers are said, representing different faith traditions, and music is played as words of thanksgiving are spoken for each life. This year the public was asked to stay home as 1,547 men, women and children were remembered. It is heartbreaking to think this happens everywhere. Strangers have to step in to fill the gap for strangers. Of course, at the other end of that spectrum, is the outpouring that occurs when fame is involved. Think of what happened when such notables as Diana, Princess of Wales, Muhammad Ali or Nelson Mandela passed away.