Katherine Kiessling, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. (TNS)
John Mulrooney, a comedian whose career took him around the world and aboard Albany’s airwaves for morning commutes, died suddenly at his Coxsackie home on Dec. 29; the cause of death was not immediately available. He was 67.
“I’m just stunned,” said Steve Van Zandt, who became close friends with Mulrooney after the pair became office neighbors and post-work breakfast companions while working for WROW and The Edge, respectively. “To talk to somebody less than two weeks ago, and he had mentioned what he was doing for Christmas, and he was looking forward to 2026 because he had a pretty full calendar … It’s all so unexpected. It’s still sinking in.”…