[Magdalen] RIP Alan Thicke, 69.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Such a blessing for him.  Rough on his wife I'm sure, but a blessing for
him.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 12:35 AM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> On 12/13/16 10:12 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>
>> He didn't
>>>>>
>>>> sound unwell.<<<
>>
>> It was a heart attack.  They can sneak up.
>>
>
> My dad was still working at 75: did not want to retire, though he was
> noticeably aging some.  He felt something below normal at breakfast one
> morning, but not bad, he and Mom got into the car and drove the
> quarter-mile or so to the Farmers' Union.  On the way there, my dogs
> recognized the car going by, and ran out to chase them, causing Dad a bit
> of tricky driving so they wouldn't be hit by another car or two that were
> in "bad" places for them.  They pulled into the FU parking lot, and Mom
> said, "Well, they made it." (they being my dogs, who'd gone back to our
> yard).  Dad said "Yeah, with our help." Mom got out of the car and went to
> unlock the building, looked back at Dad, who was slower, and saw him on the
> concrete by his open car door, his face dark blue. He was gone.  That fast,
> though he'd had his first heart attack when he was 57, and had had a
> "murmur" since he was born (had been a high school football star with that).
>
>
> --
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
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>