02-27-2009, 10:40 AM
Well, over a decade has past since I received the news that day of your passing, and honestly, it is just something that never goes away my friend. Yes, your spirit roams these oft quiet forums, but they have never gone away either, rather they and the super site have remained online this last decade of time. Hard to believe that you had left us at a time when you were in the explosive prime of your career. Your brilliant work, though rare to see these days, and fading, still is with us. I suppose every time I pop in the old tape I have of you in Breakdown, I get the memories of that day with you in that denim outfit and fumbling for the fallen craftsman sockets on your dark garage floor or some time in the breakfast nook, glimpsing out at the bouquet canyon rock at your poolside or a Starbucks scone offered.
People don’t realize JT, just how good a person you were, your laughter and fireside chats near the fireplace about life and issues during the cold holiday nights. I was there, and honestly had the great pleasure of being a great friend. I remember your calls to home here when you were in town. You always took the time to call, and nobody can discount that. It showed who you really were. Your help at the Grateful dead concert helping a charity and hocking tee-shirts when you actually went to see the concert, not work, again bespeaks volumes of the bad screen guy, that was really a saint in real life.
I know that day at Forest Lawn almost eleven years ago, that cold frigid moment in the old north church was your hand touching my shoulder before moving down the aisle. Others felt the cold chill too while services were being said. A goodbye to me on your way to a better plane, yet you are here in cyberspace where you are able to visit us all. You did your family proud, you did this country proud you did the world proud and your memory and work shall live on. You accomplished through very hard work what many of us seem to only dream of. But you did it, and so my friend, here is to still being here in spirit for the last ten years and to the next ten you shall be with us as well.
People don’t realize JT, just how good a person you were, your laughter and fireside chats near the fireplace about life and issues during the cold holiday nights. I was there, and honestly had the great pleasure of being a great friend. I remember your calls to home here when you were in town. You always took the time to call, and nobody can discount that. It showed who you really were. Your help at the Grateful dead concert helping a charity and hocking tee-shirts when you actually went to see the concert, not work, again bespeaks volumes of the bad screen guy, that was really a saint in real life.
I know that day at Forest Lawn almost eleven years ago, that cold frigid moment in the old north church was your hand touching my shoulder before moving down the aisle. Others felt the cold chill too while services were being said. A goodbye to me on your way to a better plane, yet you are here in cyberspace where you are able to visit us all. You did your family proud, you did this country proud you did the world proud and your memory and work shall live on. You accomplished through very hard work what many of us seem to only dream of. But you did it, and so my friend, here is to still being here in spirit for the last ten years and to the next ten you shall be with us as well.