Margaret DeAdder, 79, loved tea and toast

She excelled at giving the finger, taking no s*** and laughing at jokes, preferably in the shade of blue. She did not excel at suffering fools, hiding her disdain, and putting her car in reverse. (H/T Lisa Scott)

Jon Steib, 73, 'a real man and one of a kind'

He was better than you at pool, poker, and darts, and anything you could break, he could fix. He was rough around the edges and as handsome as the devil.

Tom Blackburn, the man who put the liberal in "the liberal news media"

Saint Peter no doubt awoke as Tom knocked on the pearly gates, his baritone voice barking out something maybe resembling Gloria in excelsis Deo (if we're being generous). Perhaps you dreamed you were hearing the angels singing a bit off key in the wee hours of the morning on January 2, 2021? Now you know the cause of the cacophony. (H/T Vincent Lentini)