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 It's fairly obvious at this stage that we're living through a time of unprecedented tumult - some of that is good. Much of it is very, very bad. What's worse, much of it is incredibly stupid.
Ian O'Doherty I was slightly taken aback by this quote during the week, and I'm sure you can see why: "I have refused to see gender throughout my career. I have just operated as a person working in the industry.
Ian O'Doherty There are certain inescapable patterns in life - we don't mean to follow them, it just happens that way.
