Richard Buckman, 75, feisty to the end

In lieu of flowers, please do not vote for Hillary. (H/T Jeanie DeSantis)

"The Lonely Death of George Bell"

Yet death even in such forlorn form can cause a surprising amount of activity, setting off an elaborate, lurching process that involves a hodgepodge of interlocking characters whose livelihoods flow in part or in whole from death.

Elaine Fydrych, 63, asks that in lieu of flowers ...

Elaine requests, "In lieu of flowers, please do not vote for Hillary Clinton". Family and friends may share memories at www.GardnerFuneralHome.com. Gardner Funeral Home 126 S. Black Horse Pike Runnemede, NJ 08078 856-939-2095 (H/T TPM)

Nola Lorengo, 67, drank a lot of coffee

On Monday, July 13, 2015, Folgers Coffee stock price fell sharply on the news of Nola Lorengo's passing. Senior executives at Folgers called an emergency meeting to brace for the impact of an anticipated drop in sales. (H/T Jim Romenesko)

Coleen Sheran Singer, nearly 33

Coleen travelled extensively and did many wonderful things. She was particularly fond of an avant-garde theater in Washington, D.C. called the Woolly Mammoth. Coleen loved to pick flowers, shop for jeans, dance, work with crafts, and drink medium ice coffees. (H/T Laurie Petersen)

Fargo man has the last laugh

Doug Died.

Kevin James Patrick Casey, 69, "the consummate postmodernist"

As the consummate postmodernist, he was inordinately vexed; possibly by a broken home, transcontinental train hopping, demoralizing encounters with politicos and literati, Viet Nam service (mostly in the brig) and younger brother Jeff's premature death. (H/T to Claudia Hearn)