In the beginning, our protagonist was brought into this short life. (Not a pretty picture.)

Then he was ceremonially given a name. The rite of name-giving is too long for the grid, so I agilely continued it around the corner at 10D

Until

Holy French woman (not an abbreviation for a change

"It sounds like you are residing on Hear Ave." "Look again, I live on ___ __."

Baltimore's st.

Not off

Where a 15A works

giggle, I'm such a wit

Overhang

So I was going to clue this entry "Irish Pop" but I thought I'd peek at Crosshare suggestions. And I saw this: ""Mikey has a puzzle on an indie site / Something something solver is a fan / Mikey says to solver, 'Do you like the clues?' / And solvers sing this as they solve throughout the land / Ob-la-di, ob-la-___ / Puzz goes on, brah / La-la, how the grids go on.." Oh, that Mikey! He cracks me up.

At midlife he got wed, but ruefully his life is to take a downward turn

___fix meaning "before"

He away and got sick bringing us to the beginning of the end

Letter addendum

In Mexico the other Norwegian river

Give in to gravity

@

Dorm supervisor

If that long running sketch show wasn't at night and .... (okay, clue writing fatigue has set in.)

The next day his ailment did not improve; which is a generous way of saying he was at death's door

Pertaining to the musician who returned from the underworld

Basilica section

Ultimately, his corpse was interred bringing our story to a nice and inevitable end

Penultimately, bad news not to be outdone, found he had ceased living

Transported by a vehicle designed for the purpose of transporting people

Culture Made Stupid says as a money-saving tip you should go to this rather than the ballet as this will often include a ballet but a ballet will never include this

Hwy. No.

Tucker, grub

Programming discipline

Overact

Addition to a bill

Not out

Major appliance for cooking

see 5A

Musical speeds

Some nobles

Yikes! A computer is trying to write my essay and .... the pointless, inane, vapid veribiage..... sheesh

Concerning legal rules of conduct....

After Bull A gored the matador that brought out ____ _

Pport in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido

Choice conjunction

Maker of whole grain cereals that I had never heard of; the name evokes buckwheat but with the final letter changed

Out of date

Horse with attitude

Egg on

Claim a meta is easy and you're sure to get it if you just give it a little time

NY engineering school

Spin doctors field

Audio medium (perhaps the last physical one?)