Culinary Heaven Checks in the Urban Peasant

James Barber, Canadian chef and host of CBC Television's the Urban Peasant died last Thursday at age 84



According to his obituary, he passed on at his home on Vancouver Island whilst preparing a pot of soup.

Medical Heaven checks in Dr. Robert Cade

Dr. Robert Cade, American doctor and sports drink/hangover cure inventor, died today at age 80.

Pavarotti: 1935-2007

Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer and one of the Three Tenors, passed away this morning after a long battle with Pancreatic Cancer at the age of 71.

I cannot properly tell you about his life, but this can...


His final performance, Nessun Dorma at the Opening Ceremony for the XX Winter Olympic Games

Remembering a good guy: Merv Griffin

Merv Griffin, entertainer and multimillionaire, died yesterday of Prostate Cancer at age 82. He's the gentleman who created Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and hosted his Merv Griffin Show for almost 25 years.

His biggest fan, of course, Cosmo Kramer



Rest in Peace, Merv

Remembering a Good Guy: The Pig Spleen Forecaster

Some sad news today. Gus Wickstrom, the farmer from Tompkins who can accurately predict the weather for half a year by gnawing on a pig's spleen, has passed away last night from pneumonia. His public funeral is at the Tompkins Hall tomorrow afternoon.


CTV Regina reports on it


I have said before that it takes raw talent and, I daresay, guts to do something like this, and the Planet has lost a brilliant and creative man.

I can only say now, he is up there with his juicy pig spleens forecasting the weather in Heaven, where it's fair and sunny every single day.

Edited at 7:49am on June 7, 2007: A report on the memorial service and reaction from the community of Tompkins can be found at southwesttvnews.com on the June 6 newscast