“If she had lived, Mary Jo Kopechne (d. July 18, 1969) would be 62 years old. Through his tireless work as a legislator, Edward Kennedy would have brought comfort to her in her old age.”
– Charles Pierce, the Boston Globe, speaking truth to power

 The actor Dom Deluise, star of such films as Cannonball Run, Cannonball Run II, Smokey and the Bandit II, and Spaceballs died May 4th in a Los Angeles hospital. He will be missed.