Deaths in the Family

One of my coworkers lost his mother this weekend from Kidney failure. He lost his father less than a year ago. Roy (name changed to protect the innocent) is no spring chicken himself so this wasn't a sudden event, but please send some prayers his way.

UPDATE: Amybear noticed that Freda Sorce, the wife of one of her favorite shock jocks, died suddenly this weekend in a car accident. Today's show is a tribute program in her honor. Her husband, Mike Sorce aka Don Geronimo, will not be participating for obvious reasons. He indicated that the show must go on. Sorce has a son, Bart, who is in college. Freda and Mike were married for over twenty years.

The Don and Mike Show isn't my favorite program. Sometimes it is funny, but more often it is just sophmoric. One of their more infantile programming ideas are shows that piss on the graves of famous celebrites like Barry White or Elvis, often as in the former case, shortly after their deaths. Lets hope no one does to them as they have done to others.

For the record though, I really liked Freda. She was probably my favorite part of the show, because when she was on the phone Don stopped being his arrogant jackass radio persona and was actually himself. He would treat Freda with the respect she was so obviously due, unlike every other caller who was treated like they were barely worth his time. It was obvious that Don loved her very much. My prayers will be with him as he and Bart are surely in the worst agony they have ever known. Freda will be missed by everyone who even knew of her, but by her son and husband most of all. I hope that they can weather the storm, because Freda seemed to be the peacemaker of the family and now she is gone when they need her most.