So farewell, then, John Mahoney, and thanks for all the laughs.
Following the seemingly endless flurry of celebrity deaths in the last two years, we have reached a sort of celeb-death fatigue.
That's understandable, and it's a psychological survival mechanism - you can't be consistently saddened by every death because there simply wouldn't be any time left in the day.
Ian O'Doherty Well, the big day is nearly upon us. Are you excited? I am.
Ian O'Doherty Did you get vaccinated against the flu? Did you know that if you did get the jab, you were more likely to contract the far more deadly Aussie flu, while those who didn't bother getting the vaccination only succumbed to the more common or garden variety?
Ian O'Doherty Well, that's it, I'm toast. Kaput. Finito. I could keel over at any moment. And if you're part of the estimated 15pc of the Irish population who suffers from insomnia, you're in trouble as well.
