Death “From Complications of Alzheimer’s Disease”

Yesterday, Tom Magliozzi, half of the Click and Clack duo of “car experts” on the long-running NPR radio show, passed away. I’m a fan of brothers Tom and Ray and their eclectic advice.  I have a particular affection for Tommy’s rowdy laugh — that would start me grinning before I even heard the joke.  It was sad news, especially as each of the stories I saw carried the report that his death was “from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Those five words imply so much, including the sadness, confusion and difficulties that may have attended the two years after he and his brother stopped broadcasting the weekly show.  But, I also cannot help thinking that here was a man with “a full life, well lived.”  And one who’s laugh will be missed by many.