SinCity wrote:
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.
RIP Gary and Mark
Not sure I met this Gary but Mark ( Don Papi ) was legend and like with Sin City, he was helpful to another rookie Phoenix Rising. In the earliest days of CRT he held court at Idem and was the go to guy there. I recall he was a language professor, we had some great convos at the SL.
Yeah SC every day above ground is a gift these days! Enjoy wjile we can!