It's never easy when this happens, and should
encourage us to appreciate the time we have
together because it's more precious than we
know. My sincere condolances to his family
and all of his many friends.

~Don


--- In sfbrowncoats@yahoogroups.com, Valina Cutler <valinac@...>
wrote:
>
> I don't know how many of you are patrons of Comic Relief in
Berkeley, but Rory passed away yesterday due to complications in
surgery. He had a hernia he was getting fixed.
>
> http://www.comicrelief.net/
>
> Sorry for the downer, but I'm deeply struck by this - I didn't know
him well but he was always kind and enthusiastic, and his store is
one of the best around. He had finally quit smoking and the color
was coming back to his cheeks. He was getting his priorities in
order, then this... So sad.
>
> Bye, Rory.
> v
>