I am entering into a period of mourning.

"Roy Scheider, a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s, died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark. He was 75 and lived in Sag Harbor, N.Y."

Read more in the NY times (free registration may be required).

As many of you know, Jaws is my all-time favorite movie and sparked a lifelong love of sharks.

Please, no you're gonna need a bigger coffin jokes. Peter's still recovering from the look I gave him when he said that.