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I was missing a friend today. I'd thought his instagram was very quiet, I'd been so self involved over the past 15mos... hadn't even noticed, and hadn't been on social media much. Today I wanted to reach out to him.
Found out today (on FB's memorial page for him... ) that he'd passed away last January. Last January.
He was a light, people loved him, and he was an amazing artist. He was involved in the music scene in LA and brought to LA phenomenal artists, a total people connector through music.
Chuckled today I'd remembered sneaking a love letter into his back pack in 4th grade, and tried to retrieve it and he caught me... I was mortified LOL.
I went to Bumble fest with him '07, in SF at the start of his new magazine to photo shoot for him. His magazine and career in music spun off from there.
I miss him dearly. I regret not seeing him in 2015 when he'd been in NY and began uploading old photos of childhood memories. Why was he doing this... did he know?
He died from pneumonia at 37. How does that even happen to someone so young. There was so much of an outpour of love for him on his FB page, that I'd missed.
While I felt moved by the impact he had, I was left feeling contemplative of my own life. What legacy will I leave? Who will post on my "wall"/come to my funeral? What will people say about who I was?
Some of the other shit that I've given weight to, all seems to float away.
- :( sorry, bklynPonyBoy
- Was he sick w/something else? pneumonia can often be the disease that takes a person young but they may have some underlying immune issue...PonyBoy
- :(pinkfloyd
- I've been putting more effort to call up an old friend for coffee every week. As we get older death seem to be a more common occurrence we notice.pango
- thanks for sharing, sorry for your loss.utopian
- Sorry for your loss. Too often we all get caught up in "life" and miss what is really important, we all do it, every day.formed
- I'm so sorry bklyn. I was at a funeral yesterday and thought to myself, I need to do more of what makes me happy. I suggest you do the same. <3 xosea_sea
- sorry for your loss. that must have been crazy to find out. peace and take care.********
- I'm really sorry bklyn.
This is a concern to me, if you don't connect to FB, events like this people wont reach out to you. not your left in shock.mugwart - but at least you have great memoriesmugwart
- So sad. PonyBoy is right, pneumonia doesn't kill unless there's another issue, like an immune disorder, already present.monospaced
- thanks you all. call a loved one today if you haven't in a while. going to start thinking on what i'd like to leave behind.bklyndroobeki