You stay classy, Planet Earth.

I received some rather unfortunate news this evening; it snuck up on me like a crisp cool breeze on an unzipped coat.

I regret to inform the Redemption that we lost a dear friend and father on this peaceful, snowy Monday. Papa Burgundy, father and mentor to Mr. Ron Burgundy (aka. Burgs) has signed off on our dear Planet Earth. Obviously, he did so with class.

The news struck all select-GMs, as well as Morpheus Randy, right in the heart. We offer our condolences to Burgs, and wish him and his family all the best in this hard time. 

Safari, who is currently in flight to North America to visit Burgs et al, has announced that he will dedicate his latest pubic magazine feature to Papa Burgundy. Safari had been keeping this profession under wraps for quite some time, but has now come full force and is honored to dedicate his latest signature collection series to Papa Burgundy. It is slated to be released sometime this spring in Brazil's Epocha magazine.

Sitch, who received word of Papa Burgundy's passing from Burgs via text, dropped down to his knees and began warming up his abdomen upon hearing of the news. After a quick stretch, Sitch called a press conference at his co-owned GoodLyfe body center; he strapped on a resistance band to his core and crunched a whopping 220lbs in honor of Papa Burgundy. Not that I want to take credit for this, but I did make a preDICKtion on this earlier in the month.

Dick Burns, a man of wise words, had this to say:

"Life shall give, life shall take, but life shall never disappoint. And though we all miss Papa Burgundy, we shall not disappoint him; we will take life in stride, and give to life our all."

I, Morpheus Randy, am at a loss for words. I offer Burgs a song instead. 

Just as a good read has its last chapter, a good life must meet its last day. It's just the way things are. Once again, our thoughts and prayers are with Burg's and his family at this time; we wish them well.

"You stay classy, Papa Burgundy."