Today I received a text message informing me that the creator of the Egg McMuffin has died.

I’ve written before about the masterpiece of flavor combinations that is the breakfast of choice for road warriors everywhere. It went on and on for 35 years after its creation, and will satisfy so many millions more in the next generation. I certainly wouldn’t eat one every day or even every week, but they are neither too heavy nor too greasy to pass up from time to time. There are far worse things on the grocery shelves and restaurant menus that could be eaten, so choose the Egg McMuffin and have a (relatively) healthy breakfast.

Before I arrived at work, in a half-hearted attempt at a memoriam I purchased a sack of the juicy, salty breakfast treats to bring to my coworkers, and we munched in equal amounts sorrow and gustatory joy.