This has been covered elsewhere, but I would be remiss if I did not note the passing of Martin Gardner: author, polymath, long-time “Mathematical Games” columnist for Scientific American, and founding member of CSICOP.
I regret that Gardner died before I got a chance to shake his hand and say “Thank you.” But 95 years is a pretty good run, and his mind stayed sharp until the end (he has a new article in the latest Skeptical Inquirer).
I hope, wherever he is, he’s found a solution to all the mysteries he ever wondered about, and that he’s hoisting a pint with Lewis Carroll
Edited to add: CSICOP tribute, which was not up this morning. A nice tribute from Derek Lowe, and from the comments we learn of this item