Obits of Note

Bea Arthur.
Was she great or what?! I've liked her for years, and was even called "Maude" by a long-term boyfriend. I felt greatly complimented.

Koko Taylor
A great blues singer. I saw her live in Asheville sometime in the 1990s at the Cherry St. nightclub I can't remember the name of. She was a tiny woman with a big voice.

Also, old "Kung Fu" himself, David Carradine, was found dead in his hotel room closet in Bangkok. In the closet. Tied up for sex games of one kind or another. Probably another case of autoeroticism gone wrong. So tacky.