Lennon and McCartney’s Former Bandmate Dies at Home at 84

Len Garry, a former band member of Paul McCartney and John Lennon, has died at the age of 84. Garry played alongside Lennon and McCartney in The Quarrymen before the band became The Beatles. He contracted tubercular meningitis in 1958, which required hospitalization for seven months and forced him to leave the band. His daughter announced his death in a Facebook post, revealing that he had died at home surrounded by his loved ones. “I love you Dad and I will miss you Dad for the rest of my life,” Jane Garry wrote. His fellow Quarrymen member Rod Davis said Garry was “a great singer who was well loved,” and that he had received condolence messages from people in Ireland, Italy and Germany. In 2022, Garry told Uncut about a phone call he received from McCartney following Lennon’s murder in 1980—despite not having seen each other since 1963, McCartney called Garry to ask how he was doing. “I told him I was absolutely devastated,” Garry said. “There were no other words for how I felt. The fact that he called me up was a really nice touch.”

Yet another House Republican is calling it quits, adding to the swelling roster of GOP retirements. Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in the November midterms, citing ongoing health issues. Zinke, 64, who served as secretary of the interior during President Donald Trump’s first term, said stepping down was a “difficult but necessary decision,” revealing that he had undergone “multiple surgeries” to address injuries sustained during his decades-long career as a Navy SEAL. The MAGA congressman said he would face “several more” surgeries after leaving office at the end of his current term. Zinke was first elected in 2014 and left to join Trump’s Cabinet in 2017. He resigned in 2019 while facing multiple probes into his conduct and his business dealings in office. He was reelected to the House in 2022. With Zinke’s exit, 31 House Republicans and 21 House Democrats are now set to retire. Overall House retirements this congressional session are now tied with 2018 for most this century, according to Axios.

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Bruce Campbell, best known as the iconic Ash Williams in the Evil Dead horror media franchise, revealed on Monday that he has been diagnosed with a cancer that is “treatable” but not “curable.” Campbell, 67, shared the sad news on X, where he explained that “appearances and cons and work in general need to take a back seat to treatment.” The actor did not disclose what type of cancer he was diagnosed with. “My plan is to get as well as I possibly can over the summer so that I can tour with my new movie Ernie & Emma this fall," he said in the statement. “I’m not trying to enlist sympathy—or advice—I just want to get ahead of this information in case false information gets out (which it will)." Outside of the Evil Dead series, the actor, filmmaker, and author has appeared in other low-budget cult movies like Crimewave, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, and Bubba Ho-Tep, as well as television series like The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and Jack of All Trades. “Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-b---h and I have great support, so I expect to be around a while,” he concluded.

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The U.S. Central Command said on Monday afternoon that six American service members have been killed in action since the U.S. and Israel began their surprise joint bombing campaign against Iran on Saturday. “U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran’s initial attacks in the region,” the defense force shared in a post on X. The death toll doubled from Sunday’s Central Command report, which said that three service members had been killed as of that morning. “Major combat operations continue,” the agency added. “The identities of the fallen are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification.” President Donald Trump said in a video address on Sunday that “there will likely be more” American military personnel who die before the military operation in Iran, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” by the Department of Defense, ends. “That’s the way it is,” Trump, 79, said. “But we’ll do everything possible where that won’t be the case.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hasn’t ruled out deploying ground troops and didn’t say when America’s involvement in the military operation will end.

The Pentagon has published a tasteless quiz about a war that killed hundreds of Americans on its website as troops are sent to die in a new conflict. “This is not Iraq, this is not endless,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared during a testy press conference on Monday morning. But the Gulf War, a conflict between Iraq and a coalition of 42 other nations which ended in 1991, is clearly on the minds of those at Hegseth’s department, as a quiz titled ‘Bombs Over Baghdad: Test Your Desert Storm Knowledge’ appeared on the Pentagon website as the war in Iran intensified over the weekend. Operation Desert Storm was the code name for a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. Between Desert Shield and Desert Storm, almost 400 Americans were killed. As part of the quiz, users were asked which dictator was toppled, the operation code names, and which commander led the American forces during the war. “Did you serve on the front lines?” it cheerily asks if the participant scores well. The timing of the quiz is suspect given that President Donald Trump warned that Americans would die during the conflict with Iran.

Deadliest Catch star, the ship’s deckhand Todd Meadows, died on February 25 at age 25. Meadows died due to a fishing-related incident, according to a GoFundMe started by his family. Meadows, “left us far too soon while doing what he loved—crabbing out on Alaskan waters” the GoFundMe read. Sources tell TMZ the reality star’s death occurred while filming for the show. Captain Rick Shelford called it “the most tragic day in the history of the Aleutian Lady” in a Facebook post that announced the deckhand’s death. “Todd will forever be part of this boat, this crew, and this brotherhood. Though we lost him far too soon, his legacy will live on through his children and in every memory we carry of him,” the statement said. Meadows was the newest crew member aboard the crabbing vessel featured on the Deadliest Catch, which follows crabbers as they set off on their dangerous profession of fishing off the Bering Sea. Meadows is survived by his children’s mother, Kennady Harvey, and three sons. “Not only were you my children’s father but you were my best friend,” Harvey posted on Facebook. Meadows’ family has started a GoFundMe to “help ease the financial burden in the months ahead” that includes expenses for the late 25-year-old’s funeral.

Eric Dane died from respiratory failure that arose from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). His family announced Dane’s death on February 19 of this year, nine months after the 53-year-old actor announced that he was struggling with the illness. “Throughout his journey with ALS, Eric became a passionate advocate for awareness and research, determined to make a difference for others facing the same fight. He will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered always,” they said in a statement. The degenerative disease affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic. ALS first presents with muscle weakness, twitching, or trouble swallowing and can eventually lead to full-body paralysis as an individual loses control of muscles responsible for speaking, eating, and breathing. Dane had become an advocate for those suffering from the disease, which currently has no cure. Prior to his death, he also played a firefighter with ALS in an episode of Brilliant Minds to elevate his advocacy. “He did an incredible job at bringing awareness to this horrible disease in those remaining days, which was really brave of him to do,” fellow Grey’s Anatomy alum Patrick Dempsey said about his co-star. Dane is survived by his wife, Rebecca Gayheart, and two daughters, ages 15 and 13.

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Donald Trump’s new war just hit Europe. An Iranian drone struck a British military base in Cyprus on Sunday, after Saturday’s launch of the MAGA president’s all-out assault on the Iranian regime plunged the Middle East into a state of chaos not seen since George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq. The U.K. Ministry of Defence says no casualties have been reported at the Cypriot facility, but that family members of active service personnel would be moved off-base as a precaution. “Our force protection in the region is at the highest level and the base has responded to defend our people,” the MoD said in a statement. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is said to have been briefed on the situation by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. The U.K. is currently assisting the U.S. in its defense of military assets in the Middle East, but has not been involved in direct strikes against targets in Iran, which are now confirmed to have killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, plus several of his likely successors.

If you’ve turned on cable news at any point since between about 2 am Saturday morning and this second, you’ll have been confronted with wall-to-wall coverage of the U.S. military strikes in Iran. You could be forgiven for assuming then that this war—the second time Donald Trump has bombed Iran in his second term—is a game-changer in American politics. It is not. Or at least not yet. The vast majority of American voters don’t know anything about Iran. Need proof? In 2020, a Politico-Morning Consult poll asked people to find Iran on a world map. Only 23% were able to do so. (Among the incorrect places people guessed: The U.S., Canada, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Australia and the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.) None of that is to say that Trump’s decision—made without Congressional approval or the backing of our traditional western European allies—isn’t a big deal. It absolutely is. Not only will it be a major part of Trump’s second term legacy, it also has the possibility to reshape the Middle East for generations. But the 2026 midterms are still going to be fought primarily on domestic issues, notably the economy and affordability.

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