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<p class="MsoNormal">I just received this from John Esak who asked
me to post to the list.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">==================<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Bill,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today, when I again got no answer on the
morning call, I phoned up the RCMP office about 7 blocks from
Jim’s house.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 *<b>was</b>* 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.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 *<b>best</b>* 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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John Esak<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tucson, Arizona<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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