With a heavy heart, I have to tell you that after a long battle with cancer my husband Kevin Drum passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025.
No public memorial services are planned.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity or political cause of your choice.
A Facebook page, 'In Memory of Kevin Drum', has been created as a place for friends and family to share memories of Kevin. I encourage you to post your thoughts and memories there.
Thank you to all the wonderful blog readers who supported, encouraged and challenged him through the years.
He will be greatly missed.
Marian
deepest condolences. I too feel like I have lost an old friend.
Devastating news. I miss him already -- he was a daily part of my RSS perusal for 20 years. Condolences to Marian and the rest of the family. May his memory be a blessing.
DAMN DAMN DAMN DANM
DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DAMN
Another sane voice gone, like Tanta.
A voice that rose above the Tower Of Babble that is the Internet.
Maybe he has gone to one of those parallel universes of quantum physics.
Fair Winds and Smooth Sailing Kevin!!!
I am (we all are) so sorry for your loss, Marian. Thank you for sharing Kevin and his wit and wisdom with us for the past 20-odd years. He will be missed. Give Hilbert and Charlie extra hugs.
Marian, I’m so sorry for your loss.
Kevin’s writing has been very meaningful to me, as it has for so many. I will remember him fondly for the rest of my days.
my heartfelt condolences to you
My condolences to you and your family. He will be sorely missed.
I have followed the blogs for many years. I will miss reading his writings and the Friday Cat Blog. My condolences to you and your family.
Marian, I am so sorry. Kevin has been part of my daily news read for years. I will miss his sensible centrist take on events.
I’m a longtime reader of Kevin’s since his MJ days. I will miss his insight and data driven approach to journalism. He was a bright mind in a benighted world. I’m so sorry for your loss.
I can only add my poor recognition of your grief. I don't know what to see, and indeed all of us will have a far harder time knowing what to say in reply to these terrible times.
I am so sorry for your loss Marion. I loved reading Kevin's insightful thoughts. i especially loved the wonderful astrophotography he shared with us. You have many friends here who cared a great deal for Kevin. I'm really sad about this.
Teresa Wyeth
This is so hard to accept. Rest in peace, Kevin.
I am so sorry for your loss. Kevin was a part of every day for me, wondering what the cats are up to, and his interesting and insightful commentary. He will be very missed. I had always remained hopeful that his treatment would be successful. He was so honest about it. A very sad day.
Sorry for your loss Marian. Kevin was a beacon of light in these dark times. He will be sorely missed.
Marian,
Thank you for sharing this sad news with all of us. I can only imagine how hard this time must be for you, but, if it is any solace, please know that there are a great many of us out here who share in some small part that grief. Kevin was a great mind, and a good man, and a font of information, wisdom, and gentle dry humor.
He is missed already, and will continue to be missed.
Marian, I extend my condolences, knowing that a stranger's sympathy cannot be as important as the support from your family and friends - and Hilbert and Charlie
I especially appreciate how difficult it has been , and now announcing it to many on jabberewocking who are strangers to both you and your husband through the years and treatments.
In recent years, I have cried for many groups of people who have lost their lives to wars and the pandemic, but only once for an individual I never met - Kevin Drum. Even if his long fight hadn't reminded me of the one my father experienced, my response would have been gratitude for his sharing so much with us, his ability to be positive and hopeful but still respond with righteous anger to injustices deliberately inflicted on others.
And I am so glad that you were able to travel together while he was still strong enough.
Please know that you and the cats you shared with us - i knew only Hopper, Hilbert, and Charlie - have also been appreciated, and may you keep those many happy memories close.
My deepest condolence's Marian. He was my go to for years. But beyond that, I feel like he was just a good person. I am basically the exact same age as Kevin and just recovering from cancer surgery myself. Please know he, you and the cats (now Hilbert and Charlie) brought light, knowledge, and, yes, joy, to so many. 🙏🏼💔❤️ Gary Trauner
Marian, my condolences. The world needs more Kevins. People who search for the truth and exhibit compassion. I'm a loyal reader from his earliest days of blogging and will miss him.
I am so saddened for your loss, Marian. I really enjoyed reading Kevin's blog and especially enjoyed looking at his photos, especially Friday Cat Blogging. Kevin was a sane voice in an unsane world and will be greatly missed. I suspect Hilbert and Charlie are missing him, too.
My deepest sympathies,
Barbara Stevens
Kalamazoo, MI
So, so sorry to hear, Marian. Kevin was a wonderful and thoughtful wonk. He was the main reason why I had a subscription to Mother Jones for quite a while, and I continued to follow him after he left MJ.
Take good care of yourself during this time and hugs your kitties tight.
Marion, so very sorry for your loss. May his memory be a blessing.
I'm so sorry, Marian.
Thank you for letting us know.
The hole feels enormous; I'm grieving with you.
I'm deeply saddened to hear this. He was truly gifted at analyzing and explaining complex issues and will be sorely missed.
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I've been dreading this message. I'm so sorry.
As am I. I will greatly miss Kevin's daily dose of sanity.
I am in awe of Kevin's strength in battling his many medical issues.
Deepest condolences to Marian and to his clowder of kitties.
Good bye, Kevin.
Marian, my heart goes out to you. Kevin was a fine person and all of us looked forward to his fine words, for years. Kevin was definitely a fighter, to the end. May peace be with you Marian.
I will miss him enormously, but right now, my heart goes out to you, Marian, and all of his immediate family and loved ones. He was a special guy. My deepest condolences.
My condolences Marian. From his writings, he seemed a good man and I will miss him. I have come to realize that this was probably my favorite political web site.
And goodbye to the various commentators on this site who I often did not agree with but provided interesting and stimulating commentary, even if some of them (Scent of Violets in particular) had serious flaws as human beings.
So deeply sad. God speed, Kevin.
I am so sorry for you Marion. Hang in there. You were always in the background on the blog and it was so clear he loved you dearly and that you made your lives together in the best way. I don't know what else to say. Damn.