Geez.

RIP Buddy Ebsen

RIP Katherine Hepburn

RIP Gregory Peck

RIP Barry White

RIP former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson

RIP Herbie Mann

RIP Strom Thurmond

RIP former Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox

(kind of odd two prominent segregationists dying so close together)

I guess the best explanation is that the Summer heat kills, but it's kind of astounding how many prominent figures have died in the last few weeks