Sad Days

The World hit 50 million cases of Covid 19 today.

The US hit 10 million cases of Covid 19 today.

And Jeopardy host, Alex Trebek, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer and passed away today.

It's been a sad day.

Local Celeb

At the mall today, I saw Mike McCardell. He's a local news celeb...

... and he was interviewing a couple of older ladies who looked absolutely tickled at whatever he was talking to them about.

The Morbid Post 2018

Here is my list of celebs that passed away in 2018:

Jan 5 - Jerry Van Dyke
Jan 8 - Donnelly Rhodes
Feb 2 - Dave Barrett
Feb 4 - John Mahoney
Feb 11 - Vic Damone
Feb 21 - Billy Graham
Feb 21 - Emma Chambers
Mar 3 - David Ogden Stiers
Mar 3 - Roger Bannister
Mar 14 - Stephen Hawking
Apr 1 - Steven Bochco
Apr 2 - Winnie Mandela
Apr 16 - Harry Anderson
Apr 17 - Barbara Bush
May 13 - Margot Kidder
Jun 5 - Kate Spade
Jun 8 - Anthony Bourdain
Jun 25 - Richard Harrison
Jun 27 - Joe Jackson
July 13 - Nancy Sinatra Sr.
July 18 - Adrian Cronauer
Aug 5 - Charlotte Rae
Aug 16 - Aretha Franklin
Aug 18 - Kofi Annan
Aug 21 - Barbara Harris
Aug 23 - Robin Leach
Aug 25 - Jon McCain
Aug 26 - Neil Simon
Sept 4 - Bill Daily
Sept 6 - Burt Reynolds
Oct 15 - Paul Allen
Nov 12 - Stan Lee
Nov 15 - Roy Clark
Nov 30 - George H.W. Bush
Dec 17 - Penny Marshall

The morbid post 2017

Remember 2016? Remember how many celebrities passed away in 2016? That was the reason for the first "morbid post" I did. And I'm not sure why, but I decided to do another post for 2017. So here goes. This is a list of the celebrities that passed away this year. Not a complete list (go to Wikipedia if you want to see a full list), but only the ones that had an impact on me.

January 25 - Mary Tyler Moore
February 7 - Richard Hatch
February 15 - Stuart McLean
February 25 - Bill Paxton
March 6 - Robert Osborne
March 10 - Joni Sledge
March 18 - Chuck Berry
April 6 - Don Rickles
April 22 - Erin Moran
May 23 - Roger Moore
May 27 - Gregg Allman
June 9 - Adam West
June 16 - Stephen Furst
July 15 - Martin Landau
July 21 - John Heard
August 8 - Glen Campbell
August 20 - Jerry Lewis
August 24 - Jay Thomas
September 27 - Hugh Hefner
September 30 - Monty Hall
October 2 - Tom Petty
October 9 - Rafe Mair
October 17 - Gord Downie
October 24 - Fats Domino
October 24 - Robert Guillaume
November 18 - Malcolm Young
November 19 - Della Reese
November 19 - Charles Manson
November 21 - David Cassidy
November 30 - Jim Nabors
December 28 - Rose Marie
December 28 - Sue Grafton

RIP David Cassidy

A few days ago, it was announced that David Cassidy was in the hospital with organ failure. Today, I got the word (thru Twitter) that he passed away awaiting a liver transplant.

I'm sad to see one of my teenage crushes pass on. He died at only 67. And that makes me feel old.
What was most annoying though was when I mentioned his passing to my co-workers. Two out of the three girls I was speaking to, say "Who's David Cassidy?". *sigh* That makes me feel even older.