They keep dropping.

[Thiel]

I read it was a suicide.  I pray for the family.

It was suicide.

Martin Short's daughter, Katherine, died on Monday by an apparent suicide. She was 42.

"It is with profound grief that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short," a rep for the "Only Murders in the Building" star confirmed to Page Six Tuesday.

"The Short family is devastated by this loss, and asks for privacy at this time. Katherine was beloved by all and will be remembered for the light and joy she brought into the world."

The social worker was reportedly found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her Hollywood Hills, Calif., home on Monday around 6 p.m. local time, per TMZ.

https://pagesix.com/2026/02/24/celebrity-news/martin-shorts-daughter-katherine-dead-by-apparent-suicide-at-42/

[Prof Emeritus at Fawk U]

Neil Sedaka, dead at 86.

https://apnews.com/article/neil-sedaka-dead-c1002e2c903a458380d2078a47ab75b5

[Oliver the Second]

Country Joe McDonald, who performed at Woodstock, dies at 84

Country Joe McDonald, the Bay Area music legend who crafted one of the definitive protest anthems of the Vietnam War era, died on March 7.

The longtime Berkeley resident, who is best known for fronting psychedelic folk-rock group Country Joe and the Fish in the 1960s, was 84.

McDonald died of complications related to Parkinson's Disease, according to the New York Times.

The singer-songwriter will be long remembered for the Country Joe and the Fish favorite "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," which originally came out in 1965 and went on to become a counterculture anthem. The song was usually accompanied by the "Fish Cheer" — spelling out the word F-I-S-H — but was sometimes altered to spell an expletive instead.

The most famous rendition of the altered "Fish Cheer" occurred when McDonald performed in front of hundreds of thousands of members of the hippie movement at the Woodstock music festival in 1969.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/03/08/country-joe-mcdonald-obit-berkeley-woodstock/

[formosan]

Country Joe McDonald, who performed at Woodstock, dies at 84

Country Joe McDonald, the Bay Area music legend who crafted one of the definitive protest anthems of the Vietnam War era, died on March 7.

The longtime Berkeley resident, who is best known for fronting psychedelic folk-rock group Country Joe and the Fish in the 1960s, was 84.

McDonald died of complications related to Parkinson's Disease, according to the New York Times.

The singer-songwriter will be long remembered for the Country Joe and the Fish favorite "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," which originally came out in 1965 and went on to become a counterculture anthem. The song was usually accompanied by the "Fish Cheer" — spelling out the word F-I-S-H — but was sometimes altered to spell an expletive instead.

The most famous rendition of the altered "Fish Cheer" occurred when McDonald performed in front of hundreds of thousands of members of the hippie movement at the Woodstock music festival in 1969.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/03/08/country-joe-mcdonald-obit-berkeley-woodstock/

Hmmm, I'm not familiar with most of the artists who performed at Woodstock including Country Joe McDonald.

[J E B Stuart]

Hmmm, I'm not familiar with most of the artists who performed at Woodstock including Country Joe McDonald.

Frankly, you haven't missed much. I've got one of his and this was the only song I considered even halfway listenable:

p.s.  The graphic above is the front and back of the album cover folded out.

Amen.