That's some sore news.
I still had occasional email traffic with him till my old original email got hacked and never recovered.
I always assumed he was still out there somewhere cooking, drinking good booze, roaring around in that car, and fly fishing in the streams of New Hampshire.
Last time we had a conversation of any length he had tracked down "the redhead" from much younger days and they'd rekindled their long lost romance. I hope she was as much fun as she sounded.
I still have that 1st year Magnum A5 with the 32 inch solid rib barrel and straight stock he gave me years ago. I'll have to get the "Cairo Special" out of the moth balls and take the ol' girl out duck shooting. I'll be in Virginia after Christmas, that might be just the place for it, or maybe a trip to his beloved Northern Michigan? One or the other, it will see some action soon.
RIP my good friend.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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