The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rica has come to the end of its life. Broken cables have become too dangerous to repair, so the current decision is to demolish the giant antenna. What a shame! This telescope has a long history of providing important, breakthrough observations and discoveries. It will leave a BIG hole in arena of world class telescopes. Somehow I find its passing to be a sad moment among the barrage of bad news that we have been enduring this year.