I have the biggest idiots for friends.

[DISCLAIMER: If you think it's too soon to joke about Mr. Gowan, you probably shouldn't read this.]
On the phone with Juli the other morning:
JPM: Any news on Mr. Gowan?
ATM: Yeah, he died yesterday morning.
JPM: He what?
ATM: Died. He died.
JPM: I didn’t hear you, he did what?
ATM: He died. Ceased to live.
JPM: … what?
ATM: HIS LIFE [...]