Jerry Butler, Lynne Marie Stewart, Rick Buckler, and Hurricane Dies

A soul singer, The Jam drummer, Pee Wee Herman star and a hero dog have passed in February 2025.

This group have performed with The Impressions, had many R&B hits, been in movies like Clear and Present Danger, American Graffiti, and TV such as M*A*S*H and Laverne and Shirley, played drums for the British band The Jam, and has received the Animals in War & Peace Distinguished Service Medal.

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Apomorphine for Humans and Dogs

Apomorphine is now recognized as the oldest antiparkinsonian drug on the market.

Apomorphine is an agonist of D1 and D2 receptors in the central nervous system. It is capable of activating a receptor to induce a full or partial pharmacological response. The compound is historically a morphine decomposition product made by boiling morphine with concentrated acid, hence the -morphine suffix.

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