Outside the Beltway

Roll Damn Tide.

A civil rights legend has passed.

The Country Music Hall of Famer is gone.

A legendary comic is gone.

The “Leave it to Beaver” actor went on to a career with the LAPD.

A hero of the Afghan War has succumbed to cancer, aged 41.

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.

He revolutionized how we think of male homosexuality.

The coaching legend led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history.

A seemingly impossible coincidence.

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

He was the king of crossover hits long before Garth Brooks.

The basketball legend and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among five fatalities.

A legendary newsman has passed.

René Auberjonois, a long time character actor best known for his roles on Benson and Star Trek: Deep Space NIne, has died at 79.

Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who put an end to the rampant inflation that threatened to choke the American economy, has died at 92.

A sad day for those of us who grew up watching Big Bird, Kermit, and the rest of the Muppets.

A Justice Department official who had the courage to stand up to the President has died at the age of 87.

Former North Caroline Senator Kay Hagan has died,

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

Jacques Chirac, who served two terms as President of France and was a strong opponent of the Iraq War, has died.

We’re unlikely to see anyone like her again.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

Robert Mugabe led a nation to independence only to become a dictator who destroyed its economy, has died at the age of 95.

David Koch, one-half of the Koch Brothers and the head of a wide-ranging business empire who also went on to have a huge impact on politics and cultural philanthropy, has died at the age of 79.

A great public intellectual, pioneering blogger, and all-around good man is gone.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

The independent who upended the 1992 Presidential race has passed.

One of America’s fist celebrity CEO’s has passed away at the age of 94.

The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94

Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for 45 years, has died at the age of 81.

Bart Starr, who led the Green Bay Packers to five N.F.L. Championships in the pre-Super Bowl era and in Super Bowls I and II, has died at the age of 85.

Herman Wouk, best known for works such as The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, has died at the age of 103.

One of the most well-known architects of the modern era has passed away.

One of the last of the Navajo Code Talkers, who provided the U.S. military with an unbreakable code in the fight against Japan in World War Two, has died at the age of 97.

Legendary Comedian Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.

Que Sera, Sera

I sense a great disturbance in the Force. As if a billion voices are crying out “No, not Chewie!!!!”

His passing is a sad reminder of another era of the Republican Party.

The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.

A male sophomore makes two suicides in less than a week.

Tragedy piled on top of tragedy.

Luke Perry’s death is a sad reminder.

Patrick Caddell, who helped Jimmy Carter win the Democratic nomination and White House in 1976, has died at the age of 68.

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

Lyndon LaRouche, an eight-time Presidential candidate who ran a cult-like organization that spread bizarre conspiracy theories, has died at 96.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

RIP, Dolly.