Michael Champagne, 58, died Monday, February 21st 2022, at home, of natural causes.

Mike was brilliant—annoyingly good at everything did: from learning Japanese, to his insistent explanations of thermal nuclear physics (mostly to the lay people among us), to playing the drums, and bowling perfect games… all born of his voracious appetite for learning. He loved music and film (and his recollection of the minutiae of each was confounding). He was a Boston sports zealot. …