Few things that make me contemplate my mortality more than when an icon of my youth passes away. Jack Sheldon was the voice on the Schoolhouse Rock series.
Most people who are in radio have people to thank for their love of broadcasting, and Cokie Roberts is one on my list. She passed away today at the age of 75.
Ric Ocasek of The Cars is dead. The Cars were one of the most popular groups in the 70s and early 80s with hits including "Just What I Needed", "My Best Friends Girl", Good Times Roll", "Let's Go", "Shake It Up", "You Might Think" and "Drive".
On a recent trip to Orlando, Florida I visited the gravesite of famed television painter Bob Ross. The gravesite is in Woodlawn Memorial Park, a beautiful, very large cemetery in Gotha, which is just outside Orlando.