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In reply to the discussion: An ode to Dookus/MonkeyFunk/RudyNJack [View all]Fenris
(30,414 posts)And one of the sweetest and most sincere people I've ever met. It was an honor to call him a friend. When we finally got together offline this past June it was - like you said - like meeting someone I'd known all my life.
That's how I'll remember him in my mind: getting smashed on Spanish wine and playing Patsy Cline on the jukebox at a dive on Capitol Hill.
And reliving the past decade or so, with him laughing and fondly recalling the time HEyHEY (whom he loved) called the police to do a welfare check on him and got him busted for possession.
I remember him being kind to animals, and how hard he took the loss of his beloved Tucker.
I remember how much he cared for my wife and checked on her when she was battling cancer. (Was it him that organized the bouquet for her? I want to say it was but I don't want to insult anyone else.)
He was a happy man when I saw him for the first and last time. He deserved it. I just wish he could have stayed around longer.