Passings

Mom was 96 years old.

She died from Covid this morning.

She contracted it at a hospital. One she should never have been in to begin with.

I found out only today she had the UK virus, apparently it is stalking our hospitals now.

I spent a few of her remaining hours by her bedside early this morning.

She passed not long after I left as it appeared her condition had stabilized and I needed rest. Loved ones passing on when their family isn’t there happens with some frequency according to the doctor, almost as if the timing were deliberate.

Mom is loved by her family, she raised 6 boys and 1 daughter, and will be greatly missed by all of us.

Thank you for your care and concern.

Conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh passed away on Wednesday. Kathryn Limbaugh, Limbaugh’s wife of eleven years, announced his death on his iconic radio show.

From Mark Steyn – The Indispensable Man – Rush Limbaugh, 1951-2021

The Sound of Music star spent decades finding his footing as a character actor—and, in 2012, became the oldest person ever to win an Oscar.

Dustin Diamond, known best for his portrayal of the endearingly nerdy Screech on “Saved by the Bell,” died Monday morning, weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer, his manager said.

Leachman passed away of natural causes Tuesday night at her home in Encinitas, California, with her daughter, Dinah, by her side … this according to her son.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87.

Music producer Phil Spector has died from COVID-19 related complications at the age of 81.

Spector was diagnosed with COVID four weeks ago and was transferred from his prison cell at California Health Care Facility, where he was serving a 19 years-to-life sentence for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson, to a hospital.

Weirdo, made good music.

Dawn Wells, who starred as “good girl” Mary Ann in popular 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19 in Los Angeles. She was 82.

Walter Williams, the John M. Olin distinguished professor of economics at George Mason University and longtime columnist, has died at the age of 84.

It was the summer of 1990 and my parents had taken me and my little brother to Mexico for a vacation. At 15 I was able to go to bars in Cozumel. I can’t recall if I told my parents that was where I was going, though they probably knew. As it turned out, all of the locals and even many non-American tourists were all focused on a sporting event that I, a rather voracious sports fan barely even knew existed, the World Cup. On the early ’90s versions of big screen bar TVs, I saw him for the first time, tiny and squat in his sky blue striped jersey. A magician with the ball whose name I would soon learn was Diego Armando Maradona.

We only heard about the 'Hand Of God' as a myth but Maradona made that fairytale a reality. An icon. Rest In Peace Legend. We will never forget 💔 pic.twitter.com/Xcy0Nw8KWn

— DEEP (@PopularOnyeka) November 25, 2020