Bill, - Sad news... maybe you would post this on the FP List for me.

[Jose Lerebours]

WOW!

While I never met Jim in person, I had the pleasure of working with him 
on a couple of projects where printing was an issue.  I believe it is 
fare to say that this list hast lost one of its most valuable pillars 
and filePro's community, as a whole, now has a void I doubt will ever be 
filled.

I cannot think of a softer voice - while I did not have a relation 
beyond the few phone calls and email exchanges, I feel as though I lost 
someone closed to me.

John, for whatever its worth, I am truly sorry for your loss. May he 
rest in piece and look down upon us as we continue to struggle with what 
to him was obvious and expected hardware behavior.

Regards,


On 3/17/20 3:29 PM, Bill Randall via Filepro-list wrote:
> I just received this from John Esak who asked me to post to the list.
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> Hi Bill,
>
> Two days ago I tried calling Jim at our usual time. We talk twice a 
> day usually.  He didn’t answer.  The next morning, yesterday, I called 
> again after he walks his dogs at about 8am in the morning. Still, no 
> answer Called about 4 times more all day yesterday, no answer.
>
> Today, when I again got no answer on the morning call, I phoned up the 
> RCMP office about 7 blocks from Jim’s house.
>
> They said they would send someone around to do a  “check well being” 
> for me.  About 30 minutes later, a constable calls me and says, he is 
> sorry , but the gentleman did not answer his door. So, I said… ok 
> then, he must have gone somewhere… although it’s odd that he didn’t 
> mention it to me. Then just for no reason, I asked the policeman, “His 
> car was not there, right?”  The man says, no, his car **was** there.  
> I said what about the dogs? Jim has two dogs!  He said, “Yes, they 
> were in there barking, but the man didn’t answer.”
>
> I literally shouted at the guy, “You’ve got to get in there!  The man 
> is obviously incapacitated or worse…” It was as if I woke the cop up… 
> out of a daze or something… he said, “OH, you’re right… I’ll go back 
> there.”  I told him to call me as soon as he knew what was happening.
>
> He called me about 30  minutes ago to tell me that he found Jim dead 
> in his house. I asked if he was in bed, and all the constable would 
> say is, “He died peacefully sir.”
>
> I thought I would send this out to the fP list, but I have not had 
> membership on that forum for a very long time, and hoped maybe you 
> would put this out there for me.
>
> You know I used to live near Les Paul, and after his good friend and 
> assistant died, I used to help him in his studio from time to time. He 
> once told me that you know when you’re growing old when all your 
> friends begin to die off. Sadly, I have been through a good number of 
> those experiences now, and Jim Asman was easily my **best** friend for 
> the past 40 years since I met him on the CompuServe Forum. This drops 
> my short list of BFF’s to less than I can count on the fingers of one 
> hand.
>
> John Esak
>
> Tucson, Arizona
>
> P.S. I managed to reach Jim’s only son, Charlie… so you can put this 
> out on the list immediately. I will follow up with any funeral 
> arrangements that are forthcoming.
>
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