Apparently, the parents of song parody emperor Weird Al Yankovic were found dead in their home from carbon monoxide poisoning.

I've always felt Weird Al has lived in a sort of comedy dream world where the most horrible thing to happen to him was the surreal event of Coolio threatening to throw down over Amish Paradies; so, it couldl be interesting to see where he goes from here with his music. Will he retreat further into his wacky novelty world or will we, perhaps, see a darker era of his music? Or will he make none at all?

Whatever the case, it's a stunning loss for anyone and a reminder that our bodies are fragile to the most unexpected things.