Shit. Just damn. I know he was–to put it most gently–a strong personality. That voice, though, and the music… We’re losing some great ones. Rest in power, Mr. Crosby.
Absent Friends
Grant Wahl Will Be Greatly Missed
“An autopsy was performed by the NYC Medical Examiner’s Office. Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium…There was nothing nefarious about his death.” – Grant’s wife, Céline Gounder https://t.co/o9KTIHPcor — Anthony DeRosa (@Anthony) December 14, 2022 Per NYMag: … Wahl was covering the World Cup in Qatar …
Covering Funeral Expenses for Tammy (John Cole’s Best Friend)
First published on Wednesday at 3:11 pm, but it was off the front page this morning, so reposting for anyone who didn’t see this yesterday. Hey everybody, Most of you probably know that John lost his best friend (and soulmate) Tammy last Tuesday. In case you missed it, here’s the post where John shared his …
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RIP, Tammy Whitacre
Tammy Whitacre (Patterson) died this morning. Her husband went to the bathroom early in the morning, and found her slumped over in a chair in the office. That is all we know. Tammy was my best friend, my soulmate, my surrogate wife, the best dog mom to ever exist, and one of the greatest people …
RIP Lily Cole (????-2022)
I woke up this morning and Lily was asleep in her dog bed underneath my desk, so I went to take a shower after feeding Steve. After showering, I came into the office, and Lily had somehow gotten wedged underneath my office chair, with all four legs splayed out, lying in a puddle of urine. …
RIP Mikhail Gorbachev
An era ends: Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who embarked on a path of radical reform that brought about the end of the Cold War, reversed the direction of the nuclear arms race and relaxed Communist Party controls in hopes of rescuing the faltering Soviet state but instead propelled it …
(Insufficiently) Retro History: Rest in Power, Mr. Dick Gregory
And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede. Dick Gregory, one of a kind, died five years ago today. I found a draft of this post while doing clean-up for the Great Blog Merge, and …
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