Darlin', I didn't even know he was ALIVE until this term. Then I was thrilled and asked if he had any more material. "Hah!" said my friends, and proceeded to tell me that he is also dead now.

I read a bit about the theremin after hearing the term (and after an amusing Google search where I tried about twelve different spellings), since I'd always wondered what that noise was. It's quite a tale, en't it?