On Friday night the lovely vocalist for our first band of the weekend greeted me with "Sam, did you hear Anita O'Day died?!" and I replied that I hadn't heard, what with my recent level of busyness. We agreed that it would be appropriate for her to sing a bit of Anita that night in memorial.
Reading through Barista today I discovered that Robert Altman has also passed away, and I wonder who'll be next.