Posted by Randie at cache-loh-ad03.proxy.aol.com on June 02, 2003 at 13:42:30:
In Reply to: Go give your father's a hug, if you can posted by Kevin on June 01, 2003 at 23:10:01:
: I'd hug mine if I could.
: My father died very unexpectedly this morning around 5:30-6:00 a.m, suffering a massive
: heart attack. He'd just turned sixty seven on May 22nd.
: Very emotional day, to say the least.
: Pop meant the world to me. The man was an excellent father and directly responsible for
: my interest in movies, having taken me out of school early on Wednesdays to hit bargain
: matinees when I was a kid. A quiet man who only spoke when he had something funny or
: insightful to say, my sister often insisted he was the basis for Silent Bob. He'd survived
: congestive heart failure a few months back, and rallied quite nicely to better health and a
: more robust zeal for living than he'd had in years.
: Fortunately, thanks to Wizard World this weekend, my entire immediate family was already
: gathered in the same place at the same time - a feat rarely achieved over the last ten years.
: My sister and her husband, who live in Hong Kong, were in town, and my Dad, Mom and
: brother had flown up from Florida to see the Convention and my sis and me. Last night,
: me, Jen, Mom, Dad, Don, Virgina and Eric had a great dinner at Morton's - talking, laughing,
: and shooting the shit. If he had to go, he chose the best time to do it, surrounded by the
: children he raised, their spouses, and the woman he loved and spent nearly every day of the
: past forty one years beside. In this way, he died as he lived: generously and on everyone
: else's schedule.
: I love you, Pop. I'll miss the hell out of you.
Kevin,
What can I say that hasn't already been said apart from I'm deeply sorry for your loss.
Your father must of been a great man for producing and influencing a talented child as yourself. Take comfort in the thought that he was surrounded by all of you.
Keep well, my prayers to you and your family.
Big Hug to you
Randie