Celebrity Deaths

Purple Rain on Father’s Day

By

My dad and the rock star Prince had everything and nothing in common. This is the time of year I feel their absence most acutely.

Buh Bye, 2016

By

On cursing the year that took so many of our heroes, famous and not.

What I Mourn When I Mourn Robin Williams

By

What Gen Xers mourn when we mourn Robin Williams.

Robin Williams: His ‘Little Spark’ Gave Off So Much Light

By

For comic genius Robin Williams — dead in an apparent suicide — there was ultimately no reprieve from the darkness.

Philip Seymour Hoffman: A Man We All Knew (But Didn’t)

By

In the wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman's demise, let's not make a sport out of dredging up the details of his final moments.