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

[Bruce Easton]

I'm saddened to hear this.   I don't know where I'd be today without the 
functionality that Jim brought to filepro.  Rest in peace.

Bruce


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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