I guess he gave up the ghost when he heard Dr. Demento announce his retirement and the end of his show.

Nice Obit on Tom L in el reg

Including this gem

"He remained active and engaged even later in his life. Rapper Tauheed K. Epps, who records as "2 Chainz", sampled Lehrer's song The Old Dope Peddler [PDF] for his track Dope Peddler, asking permission to use a snippet. Lehrer wrote back:

 

As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?

"

 

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/tom_lehrer_dead_at_97/

 

Man, this one hurt. I grew up 2 hours from where the Braves played and I watched virtually every game on TBS. When I wasn't watching the Braves, I was watching the Cubs on WGN.

RIP, Ryno.



https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/sport/hall-of-famer-ryne-sandberg-dead-spt

On 7/29/2025 at 9:20 AM, Grahame said:

Nice Obit on Tom L in el reg

Including this gem

"He remained active and engaged even later in his life. Rapper Tauheed K. Epps, who records as "2 Chainz", sampled Lehrer's song The Old Dope Peddler [PDF] for his track Dope Peddler, asking permission to use a snippet. Lehrer wrote back:

 

As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?

"

 

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/tom_lehrer_dead_at_97/

 

Well, they certainly ran with it.

 

 

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dies aged 97

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/08/jim-lovell-astronaut-dies

Bobby Whitlock, 77. 

...and fuck cancer.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/bobby-whitlock-derek-dominos-co-172001576.html

Edited August 10, 20251 yr by Wmcmanus

RIP Sheila Jordan

 

Ronnie Rondell, Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' Stuntman, Dead at 88 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ronnie-rondell-jr-stuntman-wish-you-were-here-dead-obit-1235410240/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05e0z9lj3mo

Ronnie Rondell Jr. Dead: Pink Floyd Album Cover Stuntman Was 88 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ronnie-rondell-jr-dead-stuntman-pink-floyd-1236346066/

 

Also Terence Stamp at 87

https://www.salon.com/2025/08/17/terence-stamp-general-zod-and-film-icon-dead-at-87/ 

 

^I need to watch "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". It's been a minute:

Watch Terence Stamp’s iconic scene from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | News | Independent TV

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson croaked.  Suddenly I'm in the mood to say good things about Hulk Hogan, if  you take my meaning.

Good riddance.

RIP to Frank Caprio, the "Kindest Judge In The World."  I've seen a lot of his videos, and some of them brought me to tears.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/nicest-judge-frank-caprio-dies/3793798/

RIP Brent Hinds of Mastodon

Died in a motorcycle crash

RIP Maurice Tempelsman.  I don't know too much about him except that he was Jackie Kennedy Onassis' last partner and made it within five days of his 96th birthday(!)

One of the greatest clothing designers ever, Giorgio Armani, has died at the age of 91:

I am sure he came into my orbit in 1980 as the person who created Richard Gere's iconic looks in the movie "American Gigolo":

RIP to a legend in the industry.

I think a lot of the iconic clothes of Miami Vice were from Armani, too.

Truly a giant in his field and a style icon.

RIP to a hockey legend, Ken Dryden.  Even as a Boston Bruins fan and forever-enemy of the Montreal Canadiens, he was something special.

And fuck fuck fuck cancer!

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/ken-dryden-obit-1.7627028

 

RIP to Bruce Loose, vocalist for the band Flipper.  Haven’t listened to them in a long time, but will pull out Generic Flipper and raise a glass….

https://www.nme.com/news/music/flipper-singer-bassist-bruce-loose-dies-aged-66-3890561
 

That sucks, but I do love the quote in that article that he died "a after a long struggle with life." My friends' band that I managed for a time used to play Sex Bomb as an encore, especially at parties. 

RIP Mr Loose

RIP Maru the cat, who was at one point the most famous cat on the internet (and by extension, the world.)

 

RIP Rick Davies, co-founder of Supertramp. Wish I could have seen these guys live.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rick-davies-supertramp-dead-obituary-1235422832/

This one hits. Saw them only once, when running spotlight at a show. I regained most of my hearing about a week later. 

Mark Volman of The Turtles, Zappa's Mothers, Flo & Eddie and much more, passed away last week.

Charlie Kirk officially dead.  Dude was an inauthentic, dark money backed grifter.  For years we made jokes about an entire generation being unsure of the exact size of his face.  There's even a web widget based around it.  He certainly did not deserve to be shot and killed.  As for the rest of us, this bodes poorly for the future of our political landscape.