"A New Year’s Day stay at a luxury San Francisco hotel ended in tragedy with the sudden death of Victoria Jones, the daughter of acclaimed actor Tommy Lee Jones.
According to the New York Post, Jones, 34, was found unresponsive early Thursday morning at the Fairmont San Francisco, according to multiple reports…"
@chienfou@Kyeh@shahnm Yup, that’s how it works in an unattended death. My brother drowned on a Sunday but wasn’t discovered until Wednesday. Even though every indication that he died 3 days before, date of death was recorded on that Wednesday.
@Kyeh@shahnm@therealjrn
That’s so sad… Sorry for your loss. I’m sure the wait for the discovery was extruciating.
I guess I was going by the report saying she was discovered by bystanders at about 0315. I took that to mean these were probably people in the room with her… but not necessarily her hotel room. At any rate, starting CPR at that point if she actually died before midnight was definitely an exercise in futility.
"Masashi Ozaki, widely considered Japanese’s greatest golfer, has died from cancer. He was 78.
Often referred to as “Jumbo” due to his length off the tee, Ozaki originally played professional baseball in his late teens. However, he eventually transitioned to golf, turning professional at 23 years old and winning the Japan PGA Championship the next season…"
"Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.
The Anne Frank Trust UK, of which Schloss was an honorary president, said she died on Saturday in London, where she had lived…"
@Kyeh oh. I was assuming Q1 FY26, which is October, November, and December of 2025.
If we’re talking calendar year, the first quarter of calendar year 2026 has just started.
@kittykat9180@Kyeh
Sorry for your confusion.
I guess I could have been more explicit and said “first quarter (calendar) year 2026”. But in my defense this IS the format we’ve used for a LONG time
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Google defined it better than me, Organizations choose a fiscal year that best aligns with their business cycles, revenue patterns, or industry norms for clearer financial tracking and tax purposes.
@therealjrn
Hey… It’s not@capnjb 's fault!
Actually, you would think by now the internet would have developed a universally recognized special JK or sarcasm font/emoji/something indicator. Inflection gets totally lost in a post.
@chienfou@Kyeh
I work with a lot of federal agencies and with clients who have federal grants. I tend to see everything through the lens of federal fiscal year.
If I’m understanding correctly now, these threads are per quarter of each calendar year with the intention of posting celebrity deaths as they occur?
For the record, my firearms are all secured. I do have a few axes, tomahawks and mauls… and maybe 15-20 knives. But. I’ve been on the east coast for a bit. I am traveling to Seattle next Friday morning Go Hawks!
@kittycat9180 blurted: “If I’m understanding correctly now, these threads are per quarter of each calendar year with the intention of posting celebrity deaths as they occur?”
Correctomundo cha cha.
We’ll probably let you sit at the adult table next Thanksgiving! Would you like that?
"Washington — Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican who had been in Congress since 2013, has died, House GOP Whip Tom Emmer announced Tuesday. He was 65.
‘Doug was a loving father and husband, and staunch advocate for his constituents and rural America,’ Emmer said in a post on X. ‘Our prayers are with Doug’s wife, Jill, and their children…’"
Michael Edward Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2026, following a battle with cancer. He was 80 years old.
Hockey legend Glenn Hall passed away Wednesday at the age of 94 years old.
Hall was an original Blue and was the club’s first pick in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft. He played a critical role in establishing the Blues’ identity in the early years and helped guide an expansion franchise to three consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances (1968, 1969, 1970).
@tinamarie1974
RIP. I (ahem) recollect those years. Guy was definitely a legend and a class act.
And OMG… Guarding a goal with no mask… That’s crazy ballsy!
Jan 5,2026
Aldrich Ames, a former counterintelligence officer for the CIA who gained notoriety as a double agent for the Soviet Union and later Russia, has died. He was 84.
Follow the link below to view the article.
And then he made public some of his real late life opinions.
From the obit
Over the years, Mr. Adams made remarks about women and Jews that brought him negative attention outside the silo of beloved cartoonist. He used his podcast, “Real Coffee With Scott Adams,” to offer free-flowing commentary on the news, a platform that led to “Dilbert’s” downfall. In February 2023, he was discussing a new Rasmussen Reports poll that found that only 53 percent of Black Americans agreed with the statement, “It’s OK to be white,” a phrase that has been promoted by white supremacists, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
“If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people,” he said on the podcast episode, then they are a “hate group.” He added, “I don’t want to have anything to do with them. And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people.”
Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus months before Rosa Parks, has died.
Follow the link below to view the article.
@chienfou Wow! I’d never heard her story. That’s so impressive. Charged with assault, that’s insane. (But unfortunately sounds very similar to current happenings.)
@Kyeh
Yeah, apparently she feared getting raped by the officers. She missed being the image of the bus challenge case by her bus charge being dropped and the optics of her getting pregnant out of wedlock shortly after her arrest. Community activists opted to wait for a ‘better’ case (Rosa Parks). She did end up as one of the plaintiffs for the Browder case though. She is one of a ton of local folks that got overshadowed by Rosa.
Somehow missed this earlier this month (1/5)
Tom Cherones who directed the first 5 seasons of the show about nothing (aka Seinfeld) among a host of other stuff…
Follow the link below to view the article.
Gladys West went from a one-room schoolhouse in rural Virginia to college and to working on planetary motions and modeling. “I really did like geometry,” she said of her high school years. “I fell in love with that.”
While not technically a life… 2025 is now officially dead to us.
@chienfou The year is dead. Long live the year!
@chienfou @Kyeh I remember it well. Just like it was yesterday.
@chienfou
2025 is dead not a moment
Too soon.
@f00l
Nope… Right on schedule!
Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Victoria Found Dead at San Francisco Hotel
https://ijr.com/tommy-lee-jones-daughter-victoria-found-dead-at-san-francisco-hotel/
"A New Year’s Day stay at a luxury San Francisco hotel ended in tragedy with the sudden death of Victoria Jones, the daughter of acclaimed actor Tommy Lee Jones.
According to the New York Post, Jones, 34, was found unresponsive early Thursday morning at the Fairmont San Francisco, according to multiple reports…"
@chienfou Thanks for moving it over. I guess I was clinging to the past…
@shahnm
@chienfou @shahnm
You can checkout anytime you want but you can never leave.
@chienfou @shahnm I thought you’d put it there because she died in 2025 although she was found in 2026.
@chienfou @Kyeh
Umm… Yes. That’s exactly what I did.
@chienfou @shahnm
@Kyeh @shahnm
Guess the article I read didn’t have an estimated time of death. Just the declaration time. Which was on the first.
@chienfou @Kyeh @shahnm Yup, that’s how it works in an unattended death. My brother drowned on a Sunday but wasn’t discovered until Wednesday. Even though every indication that he died 3 days before, date of death was recorded on that Wednesday.
@Kyeh @shahnm @therealjrn
That’s so sad… Sorry for your loss. I’m sure the wait for the discovery was extruciating.
I guess I was going by the report saying she was discovered by bystanders at about 0315. I took that to mean these were probably people in the room with her… but not necessarily her hotel room. At any rate, starting CPR at that point if she actually died before midnight was definitely an exercise in futility.
@chienfou @Kyeh @therealjrn So sorry to hear this about your brother. I can’t imagine…
@chienfou @Kyeh @shahnm Thank you. It was a day for sure. 20 years or so have passed, but I look forward to seeing him again some day.
🕊
Jumbo Ozaki, considered Japan’s greatest golfer, dies of cancer
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/jumbo-ozaki-dies-78-cancer-japan-golfer
"Masashi Ozaki, widely considered Japanese’s greatest golfer, has died from cancer. He was 78.
Often referred to as “Jumbo” due to his length off the tee, Ozaki originally played professional baseball in his late teens. However, he eventually transitioned to golf, turning professional at 23 years old and winning the Japan PGA Championship the next season…"
@shahnm You’re STILL clinging to the past!
@MrGoodGuy @shahnm
Ok, here’s our first 2026 candidate.
Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby, dies at 77
Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister, dies at 96
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eva-schloss-dies-holocaust-survivor-anne-frank-stepsister-age-96/
"Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.
The Anne Frank Trust UK, of which Schloss was an honorary president, said she died on Saturday in London, where she had lived…"
How has no one mentioned Rob Reiner and his wife?
@kittykat9180 It’s in the 2025 4th quarter thread.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh
Rob Reiner??? WHAAAT???
@kittykat9180 @therealjrn
https://meh.com/forum/topics/rip-2025-fourth-quarter-october-december#693f8f7c383c14810260e834
@kittykat9180 Long Live Meathead!
@Kyeh oh. I was assuming Q1 FY26, which is October, November, and December of 2025.
If we’re talking calendar year, the first quarter of calendar year 2026 has just started.
@Kyeh @therealjrn his murder was all over the news.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh
Sorry for your confusion.
I guess I could have been more explicit and said “first quarter (calendar) year 2026”. But in my defense this IS the format we’ve used for a LONG time
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @Kyeh and FY is defined differenrly based upon your fiscal schedule.
Google defined it better than me, Organizations choose a fiscal year that best aligns with their business cycles, revenue patterns, or industry norms for clearer financial tracking and tax purposes.
@Kyeh
Yes, I’m aware. I was just joshing. Man, that guy Josh gets me into alot of trouble sometimes!
@therealjrn
Hey… It’s not @capnjb 's fault!
Actually, you would think by now the internet would have developed a universally recognized special JK or sarcasm font/emoji/something indicator. Inflection gets totally lost in a post.
@capnjb @chienfou @therealjrn
“:-)” has been around since (at least) the eighties.
@capnjb @chienfou
I find the addition of an emoji dulls the comedic effect, don’t you?
¯\(ツ)/¯
@capnjb @macromeh @therealjrn
Always just took that to be a ‘happy’ face…
@capnjb @chienfou @macromeh @therealjrn
There is [/s]
Maybe it’s @jouest’s fault! (Another Josh.)
@chienfou @Kyeh
I work with a lot of federal agencies and with clients who have federal grants. I tend to see everything through the lens of federal fiscal year.
If I’m understanding correctly now, these threads are per quarter of each calendar year with the intention of posting celebrity deaths as they occur?
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @Kyeh
For the record, my firearms are all secured. I do have a few axes, tomahawks and mauls… and maybe 15-20 knives. But. I’ve been on the east coast for a bit.
I am traveling to Seattle next Friday morning 
Go Hawks! 
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @Kyeh
Correctomundo cha cha.
We’ll probably let you sit at the adult table next Thanksgiving! Would you like that?
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @therealjrn
Yes… That’s correct. It’s a way to share memorable or notable deaths that will touch the memory of the meh collective.
@therealjrn no thinks, I don’t celebrate thanksgiving.
@kittykat9180 oh yeah, so sorry, I forgot
@therealjrn I forgive you.
Doug LaMalfa, Republican congressman from California, dies at 65
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doug-lamalfa-republican-congressman-california-dies-65/
"Washington — Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican who had been in Congress since 2013, has died, House GOP Whip Tom Emmer announced Tuesday. He was 65.
‘Doug was a loving father and husband, and staunch advocate for his constituents and rural America,’ Emmer said in a post on X. ‘Our prayers are with Doug’s wife, Jill, and their children…’"
Michael Edward Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2026, following a battle with cancer. He was 80 years old.
Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37.
Hockey legend Glenn Hall passed away Wednesday at the age of 94 years old.
Hall was an original Blue and was the club’s first pick in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft. He played a critical role in establishing the Blues’ identity in the early years and helped guide an expansion franchise to three consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances (1968, 1969, 1970).
https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/original-blue-glenn-hall-passes-away-at-94
@tinamarie1974
RIP. I (ahem) recollect those years. Guy was definitely a legend and a class act.
And OMG… Guarding a goal with no mask… That’s crazy ballsy!
@chienfou those older guys were either brave or crazy, maybe a bit of both! But legendary for sure.
Jan 5,2026
Aldrich Ames, a former counterintelligence officer for the CIA who gained notoriety as a double agent for the Soviet Union and later Russia, has died. He was 84.
Follow the link below to view the article.
Double agent who spied for Russia dies
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=18fce2194_1351f31
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist, Dies at 78
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bob-weir-dead-grateful-dead-1236628170/
@therealjrn
another icon buys the farm. RIP to one of the ‘touch of gray’
@Kyeh What a long, strange trip it’s been…
@Kyeh
This one seems appropriate
@therealjrn
Wow, that’s a name I haven’t thought of in a long time.
@chienfou @therealjrn I don’t believe I’ve seen any of his aliens. Were they all deported?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/arts/scott-adams-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
@f00l
The comic strip was way brilliant.
And then he made public some of his real late life opinions.
From the obit
Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus months before Rosa Parks, has died.
Follow the link below to view the article.
Colvin, civil rights pioneer, dies at 86
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=07f41028d_1351f38
@chienfou Wow! I’d never heard her story. That’s so impressive. Charged with assault, that’s insane. (But unfortunately sounds very similar to current happenings.)
@Kyeh
Yeah, apparently she feared getting raped by the officers. She missed being the image of the bus challenge case by her bus charge being dropped and the optics of her getting pregnant out of wedlock shortly after her arrest. Community activists opted to wait for a ‘better’ case (Rosa Parks). She did end up as one of the plaintiffs for the Browder case though. She is one of a ton of local folks that got overshadowed by Rosa.
@chienfou Such courage. I’m glad her story isn’t forgotten even though she didn’t get the recognition that Rosa Parks did.
Somehow missed this earlier this month (1/5)
Tom Cherones who directed the first 5 seasons of the show about nothing (aka Seinfeld) among a host of other stuff…
Follow the link below to view the article.
Remembering Tom Cherones
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=2884414cb_1351f39
Italian fashion designer Valentino dies aged 93
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx4rpxxvg7o
ROGER ALLERS co-director of The Lion King has died
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=278076fbe_1351f3d
Closing the circle of life…
Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
Gladys West went from a one-room schoolhouse in rural Virginia to college and to working on planetary motions and modeling. “I really did like geometry,” she said of her high school years. “I fell in love with that.”
Definitely pearls of wisdom to live by…