Star Trek icon Sir Patrick Stewart has died aged 86.
Tag: RIP
Viper’s Dead
Tom Skerritt, best known for his role in Top Gun, has died. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the actor passed away on Wednesday of natural causes at age 93.
One of the few men of the 80s who could wear a mustache and look straight.
RIP Viper.
RIP Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka, one of the greatest examples of a great player becoming a great coach in NFL history en route to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has passed away at the age of 86. The death of one of the NFL’s greats was announced Friday morning by his family.
Truly a multi-era legend. The 1986 Chicago Bears are one of the immortal teams. I still cannot figure out how they lost that one game that season. But I think we can all appreciate the Thanksgiving thoughts of Bob Swerski:
We thank Ditka, and God, for all they have provided, for the food we eat, the air we breathe, and for the domination enjoyed by a certain team, from a certain town…
Exuent the Ladybug
The political world was shocked early Sunday morning by the sudden and completely unexpected passing of longtime South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. He was 71 years old. According to an official statement released by his office, the senior Republican Senator passed away on Saturday evening, July 11, after a brief, rapid battle with an undisclosed illness. Emergency personnel responded to a call for “cardiac arrest” at Graham’s Capitol Hill home on Saturday night, according to police scanner audio obtained by NBC News.
The vaxx, Iran, or natural causes? Regardless, one of the worst fake conservatives is no longer on the political scene. He will not be missed. But it will be interesting to see what effect the absence of one of the leading warmongers in the Senate will have.
UPDATE: Graham had recently returned from Ukraine, per The Washington Post. He visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, July 10, in Kyiv.
So the obvious question is, was the senator alive or was he already dead when he returned?
UPDATE: There is reason to believe that Sen. Mitch McConnell is dead as well.
It could just be a coincidence, but things do appear to be accelerating.
RIP Giles
Actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, has died at the age of 72, his family has announced. A statement from his daughters, actresses Emily and Daisy Head, said: ‘It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father, Anthony Head. He passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.
It’s a pity he won’t be around for the 4th season of Ted Lasso. I thought he was one of the best parts of the show.
JB’s Obituary
John H. Bradley, Jr., age 61, died peacefully at Riddle Hospital on March 22, 2026.
John was a resident of Folcroft for the past 17 years and formerly resided in Bryn Mawr. He is survived by his partner of thirty-seven years, Theresa O’Malley.
He is the son of John and the late Kathleen Bradley, he was born and raised in Philadelphia. He was a graduate of Frankford High School and Drexel University. John enjoyed a fulfilling career as a self-employed graphic designer and computer programmer. He was a talented amateur photographer and often worked his photographs into his professional graphic design projects. John had a great appreciation for old movies. Music was central to his life. He was a wonderful guitar player and a skilled music producer.
RIP John Bradley
John Bradley, the longtime member of this community who was the founder, producer, and lead guitarist of Booster Patrol, died on March 20. He was 61.
I couldn’t think of a better way to pay tribute to the man who was both a bandmate and a friend than to write a song for him in the style of which he was a master. You can hear the first mix of the song here; when I finish it properly, I’ll put it up on Unauthorized in the Booster Patrol section.
Johnny B laid down his burden late on a Friday night
With the music of his band still ringing in the fading light
Saint Peter met him at the gate, said Son, we heard you play
Leo Fender built this gold guitar and he saved it for this day
The choir’s been singing acapella ever since the world was new
They need someone who knows the sad notes, they say that man is you
He wrapped his hands around that neck, felt the weight of holy gold
Every fret a year of sorrow, every string a story told
He hit a chord that shook the heavens, the angels stopped to hear
A tone so long and lonesome that Saint Matthew shed a tear
Peter said “We don’t need pretty, son, we’ve got harps here by the score
We want to hear that swampy sound that kept ’em coming back for more
Now every night in Heaven there’s a sound they never had
A solid gold Fender wailing every note both beautiful and sad
The choir hits the chorus, the Almighty taps His feet
And Johnny B is boosting live up on that golden street
He played the broken-hearted blues from Beale Street to Monsignor
Now he’s jamming up in Heaven and he couldn’t ask for more.
Lay it down, Johnny B
Make that sound, Johnny B
Hit that chord
Lay it down, Johnny B
Make that sound, Johnny B
For the Lord
That’s How Bad
On last night’s Arkhaven Nights, JDA, the Legend, and I were reviewing the script of the cancelled Buffy revival. It was bad. It was very, very bad. To describe it as excruciatingly bad would not be exaggerating.
It was so bad that I don’t think we can rule it out as the culprit in Xander’s untimely death.
‘Buffy’ Actor Nicholas Brendon Dead At 54
RIP Xander.
Scott Adams RIP
Scott Adams, creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, has died following a battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 68. Members of The Scott Adams School (formerly called Coffee With Scott Adams) shared the news of Adams’ death on Tuesday.
He was one of the greatest cartoonists and commentators on the corpocracy who ever lived. His legacy will live on. And if we regret his ill-fated bet on trusting science and the scientific consensus, even there, he taught us a very important life lesson.
RIP Jellybean
Jellybean Johnson, the legendary drummer best known for co-founding Prince’s band The Time, has died. Johnson, who played alongside Morris Day in The Time and later the Original 7ven, passed away on Friday, just two days after celebrating his 69th birthday. A trailblazer of the Minneapolis Sound, Johnson helped shape the funky, rock-tinged soul movement that dominated the 1970s and ‘80s.
I think it would amuse some of the old legends to know that the sound they created not only lives on, but is known around the world to the professionals of today.
A few months ago, one English audio engineer, upon hearing one of my more funk-infused, bass-driven mixes, commented: “it really surprised me, and then I remembered that you’re from Minneapolis.”
The legends move on, but the sound remains.