“Stricken with a rogues' gallery of grievous and irremediable medical conditions, death was quick and (mostly!-ed.) painless.  With Cliff Boutilier, Andrew Douglas, Paul Palango and Joan Westen keeping vigil at the patient’s bedside, MAID was administered in hospice,” said the death notice.
            The satirical title, distinct from the Ottawa Frank, launched in 1987.