Very sad and distressing news indeed! As Yankee Jim and myself were similar in age and both having grown up in the Midwest I could relate to many of his post on the America we both grew up in and his disgust over the 'kwa it morphed into! I only knew him through his post and a few encouraging rep comments, he seemed to be quite a personable and affable fellow! His presence on this board will be sorely missed! To his mother, his sister, and his children my deepest sympathies. May he rest in peace!