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

[Fairlight]

That -is- sad.  Jim and I didn't always see eye to eye, but he was a
decent bloke who always tried to help everyone.  His knowledge pool was
pretty encyclopedic, and I'm pretty sure he was another one of those who
simply never stopped learning.  Decent guy.  Sad loss for the community.

Condolences to those who knew him better than I.

mark->


On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 03:29:19PM -0400, Bill Randall via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> I just received this from John Esak who asked me to post to the list.
> 
> ==================
> 
> 
> 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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