ABOVE: Something-something DM, something-something purchasing.

BELOW: Men in the tub, Trump can't find a chief of staff, murdered gay man may get justice after 30 years and more ...

Pete Shelley: April 17, 1955-December 6, 2018 (Image via Genetic)

Bisexual rocker Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks has died suddenly at age 63 in Estonia.

The suspected cause, according to his grieving brother, was a heart attack.

ABOVE: Stellar Brando outtake. Stellllarrrr! More vintage Hollywood stuff here if you follow.

BELOW: Keep reading for Rocco's Steele, Ellen's return to stand-up, Annie Lennox's return to music, a hot new Reese Rideout joint and more ...

ABOVE: Crack addiction.

BELOW: Keep reading for the Jonas Brothers as they appear today, Kamala Harris's announcement, why George H.W. Bush sucked and more ...

Ken Berry: November 3, 1933-December 1, 2018 (Image via ABC)

Always found Ken Berry so cute and so entertaining. Sad to read he died today. Full obit here. Don't miss this:

ABOVE: Protein bar.

BELOW: Keep reading for George H.W. Bush, Nick Jonas, Cameron Dallas and more ...

Bush graduated from Yale in less than three years with a degree in economics. https://t.co/txaMYIAf5M pic.twitter.com/jt2h3ytiz1

— ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2018

George H.W. Bush, the longest-lived U.S. president in history and the father of another president (you konw which) died November 30 at 94. 

More here.

I Dewey! (Image via movie still)

When actor Dewey Martin — a longtime favorite of mine for admittedly shallow reasons — died, nobody wrote obituaries, not the Hollywood Reporter, Variety, the New York or L.A. Times. Instead, SAG listed him as having died among a slew of other members. That was that.

My Dewey Martin Obit

My fascination with getting older and death (especially among the famous) has been with me since I was a kid, when I collected obits, and hasn't mellowed with age. Part of it is the observation that people can live rather celebrated lives but are remembered for whatever outsiders remember about them — if they remember them for anything at all.

Stars We've Lost in 2018 ... So Far (Massive List)

I like remembering, so my massive post on stars we've lost in 2018 is up at Gr8erDays — check that out.

Complete with measurements (Image via Movie Pin-Ups Magazine)

You can also follow me on Instagram if you're among the BC readers who like my nostalgia-themed posts. For example, today's Mantique is the late, great Rex Reason:

One more Dewey snap to come ...