Don't know whether anyone's mentioned this, but just in case: We've lost another member of the Mercury, but this is less distressing in a way, because she lived a very long and full life. Here's the LA Times obit: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ruth-ford16-2009aug16,0,1586800.story?track=rss
Especially encouraging is that Welles is part of the headline...
