Bill, - Sad news... maybe you would post this on the FP List for me.
Nancy Palmquist
nancy.palmquist at vss3.com
Thu Mar 19 10:11:04 PDT 2020
Hi all,
I read the news and I know we will all morn the passing of Jim Asman. I
know Jim always went over and above when asked a question. He really
knew his stuff and was not selfish about sharing. That characteristic
alone is highly valued among our group of professionals. But he was
also a great guy in his own right.
I feel like I should write an obit in PCL, but I leave that to others
that are more talented than myself.
Nancy
On 3/17/2020 3:29 PM, Bill Randall via Filepro-list wrote:
> 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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>
>
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