The novel coronavirus has started to take its toll on figures from our popular culture. schlesinger-dead-coronavirus.html">Adam Schlesinger, who founded Fountains of Wayne and wrote songs for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend among other things, died on Wednesday. The great playwright mcnally-dead-coronavirus.html">Terrence McNally died last week. The list goes on: songwriter merrill-dead-coronavirus.html">Alan Merrill, country music star diffie-dead-coronavirus.html">Joe Diffie, fashion designer polanco-dead-coronavirus.html">Jenny Polanco, college basketball star edwards-dead-coronavirus.html">Dave Edwards, actor blum-dead-coronavirus.html">Mark Blum, soccer star sanz-dead.html">Lorenzo Sanz. And it seems like the jazz community has been especially vulnerable: guitarist pizzarelli-dead-coronavirus.html">Bucky Pizzarelli, pianists marsalis-dead-virus.html">Ellis Marsalis and longo-dead-coronavirus.html">Mike Longo, and trumpeter roney-dead-coronavirus.html">Wallace Roney have all died.

And then: Dave is an FXX comedy series that tells a fictionalized version of the rise of rapper Lil Dicky, and John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch is a Netflix children's special that Mulaney made "on purpose."

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:

• 'Lean On Me,' 'Lovely Day' singer Bill Withers dies at 81
• The Stupidest [...] Movies Guaranteed To Make You Laugh During This CatastropheWho needs a plot right now? Let’s just slap some jokes in our faces instead
• You Can Watch the First 8 Minutes of 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Online Now
• April fools' day is canceled, you monstersDon't you dare, brands
• Joe Buck: Stop Sending Me Your Sex Tapes ... I'm Not Gonna Narrate Them!!!
• Llandudno marauders: the herd of goats running riot through a Welsh townTaking advantage of the town’s deserted streets because of the coronavirus lockdown, the goats have been branded vandals for munching through gardens
• Companies Avoid Advertising Next to Coronavirus NewsThe name of the virus overtakes 'Trump' as the keyword blocked by the most brands, a problem for digital news publishers
• New York is one of the world's great cities for the arts -- but the damage from the pandemic is proving to be catastrophic
• Ina Garten Made A Giant Cocktail For Herself At 9:30 A.M. And Now She's My Quaranqueen
• Tom Perrotta's 'The Leftovers' imagined 2 percent of the population disappearing. That could be our reality.
• Shudder Subscriptions Are Surging During the Coronavirus Pandemic
• HBO's #StayHomeBoxOffice Campaign Is Offering Hundreds of Hours of Programming for Free
• Uranus blasted a gas bubble 22,000 times bigger than EarthIt happened back in 1986 -- but it could happen again.

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