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Gary was from Seattle and was a good guitar player ,he spent many evenings at SL. Great guy will be missed. RIP Gary.

RIP Dear Sir.

I felt like I had met you on one of my trips. If not I know I would have enjoyed the camaraderie.

Do you have any idea what happen?

I know he just moved to new apartment in March when I last saw him. RIP my friend

Gary? Japanese american guy?

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No he’s the guy whose seat at the end of the bar table against the wall. He’s there if not, seven out of seven day will be six out of seven day.

He was sick a couple years ago lost lotta weight. Wear glasses and beards always wear the sweatshirt.

Great guy He will be miss at least for me.

RIP Gary my old friend. I will certainly miss seeing and you at SL and those great conversations we had.

I just got back from sjo, Gary was found dead in his apt. on April 7. After not being seen in the SL for a few days a welfare check was made & his body was found. He was in the SL on most nights & I chatted & ate & drank with him many a time. He was a good guy, enjoyed his life, & we had many of the same chicas we enjoyed dates with.

While there I found out another longtime crt'er who coincidentally used to occupy the same table Gary did @ the SL had died in November. Big Mark from Chicago, Donpapi on crt, had passed on. I met him in 2005 @ Bar Idem, us being the only gringos in the joint, & he was very helpful to this rookie. He hung there nightly & then moved his action to the SL, 5 or 6 nights a week. Health problems got to him, he returned to the usa, then came back to sjo & died where he was happiest.

My generation of mongers are slowly disappearing. At age 68, with many health problems & feeling poorly, I myself wonder how little time I have left. I was able to "rise" to the occasion this trip but feel I have few left in me. So all you guys out there, enjoy life & don't put things off as time is not on our side.

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"cuz I'm a back-door man" Jim Morrison-1969

Rest In PureVida

I met Gary on both of our first trips to the SL back in Dec 2015. He had just retired from Boeing and was ready to live the retired life. He was a fixture at the SL. He had stopped drinking for awhile as his health deteriorated significantly in the 7 years since we had met. Last time I saw him was in 2022 and he was ing good spirits.
RIP Gary

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RIP Gary

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