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Main Forums => Anarchy => Topic started by: 12AX7 on October 12, 2008, 01:58:37 AM
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Some of you know or may remember Spike (Ron IRL) from HN, Gendom, and here.
Gayle emailed me yesterday and informed me that he died yesterday of a heart attack. He was only 37 years old, and had two kids. :-(
Rest in peace, dude.
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Oh man.... :cry:
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wow- didn't see that coming. give LG my best. :cry:
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That's a shame. Give Gayle my condolences as well.
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Thank you all for your sympathies. Ron's passing is a shock to us all.
Ron and I hadn't talked since about April this year. He's been living in Florida with his children and his girlfriend, Brandy. He was going to school for something...I'm not sure what. We've been keeping in touch since our mutual split in 2003. He always told me how happy he was with everything in his life. He loved his kids dearly and he was always in love with life. He spoke often with my father often as they had mutual business interests so he was the first to hear.
As far as what the cause was there are not many options. He wasn't a drinker, smoker, nor did he do drugs. He was not the healthiest person however...he did love his food and had no desire for doctors. He was a stresser and had a family history of early death. His mother died at 52, a year after a quintuple bypass. So he had the history. I can say that he fought with a terrible cough for a long time. He had it when I met him while he was still in the Air Force in 1993. We all tried to get him to seek medical attention but he never would...stubborn was his middle name.
So far all I know is that he finally did seek that attention Friday morning. He went to see a doctor about it and was given some medicine. I'm not sure what kind yet. He was dead by Saturday morning.
We can only hope he died a peaceful death. I know that I will miss him. I have his number on my cell phone on speed dial. I can't bring myself to delete it.
Thanks again everyone!
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:cry:
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I didn't know the guy, but condolences go to LG.
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Wow. My condolences to you and his family.
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Damn...condolences.
:-(
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:( Sorry to hear it.
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That sucks. My condolences.
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We got the autopsy results finally. Seems he knocked a blood clot loose and into his heart.
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I'm very sorry to hear that LG. You have my condolences.