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iniki

This Morning

Feb 12, 2006 00:44

I called Lawrence yesterday. Now his phone numbers were disconnected. I had left many voicemails for him and never heard back from him. I knew this wasn't normal, usually he'd get in touch with me as soon as he knew I was looking for him. I sent him an email after I posted my entry. I remembered after looking at the email address that he had a ( Read more... )

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booksaremyhabit February 12 2006, 08:42:53 UTC

I'm so so sorry Kuree
I read your other post and said a little prayer that you would be able to reach your friend.
What happened?

iniki February 13 2006, 02:01:48 UTC

He died of intestinal cancer. He was 53. I had no idea he was that old, he looked like he was in his late 30's or early 40's. He'd never tell me his age.

I was able to get a hold of the girl who sold next to him in SoHo. She gave me the closure I needed and was with him the whole time until he passed. He died in just three days. Which the doctors said was a blessing in itself, otherwise he would have been transfered to a hospice. Whatever that is... but it doesn't sound so cool.

I'm sending money tomorrow to the attorney that handled his trust. Jill is also sending me his writings and I have to work on the final issue of The Metropolitan MUSE without him. Jill never found his shoe sketches he drew up for me.

booksaremyhabit February 13 2006, 06:35:07 UTC

53 is way too young to die, esp for someone so young at heart
my brother in law Dave died at 48, stomache cancer, he also went super fast, 3 weeks. A hospice is a good thing actually, it's a place you go to die but with dignity and compassion, much better then a hospital.
When my mom was dying we had a hospice nurse (an angel of mercy) and she was so wonderful, she did all the medical stuff we couldn't do but was more like a friend then a nurse, no one pretends that she's not dying.
maybe the shoe sketches will show up, you never know