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My mother loved the water so I'm putting her ashes in the lake. One of her favorite places on earth.
 
Mesh Gear Fox said:
My mother loved the water so I'm putting her ashes in the lake. One of her favorite places on earth.
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My condolences. May Mama Mesh Gear Fox rest easy.

Edit: Misspelled the user's handle, like a moron.
 
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One of the ladies in my chorus died suddenly today, alone of a heart attack shortly after learning that her daughter had lost her baby. I was okay until hearing about that last part. It is just unimaginable what she went through and now her daughter, losing her own child and her mother one after the other. Heart broken.
 
LaMonte McLemore of The Fifth Dimension passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Besides working on such hits as "Up, Up and Away," and "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", McLemore was a professional photographer who's work appeared in Jet magazine for decades.
 
UtopiaGuy said:
LaMonte McLemore of The Fifth Dimension passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Besides working on such hits as "Up, Up and Away," and "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", McLemore was a professional photographer who's work appeared in Jet magazine for decades.
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I  love "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"! The harmonies in the former are absolutely exquisite and Billy Davis, Jr.'s Gospel-like solo in the latter is just so fun. A Billboard No. 1 hit for six weeks.

RIP LaMonte.
 
UtopiaGuy said:
LaMonte McLemore of The Fifth Dimension passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Besides working on such hits as "Up, Up and Away," and "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", McLemore was a professional photographer who's work appeared in Jet magazine for decades.
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Another big loss. Age of Aquarius was incredible, but they've got a whole catalog of great work. "The Hideaway" is probably my favorite:


I always considered them the black Mamas & The Papas.
 
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AnOminous said:
The closer I get to death the less I fear it.
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A great friend of mine opined that old age was nature’s way of preparing people for death. He never got to find out though, dead in his late 40’s from throat cancer. Don’t smoke weed folks.
 
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My mother liked to sit and look at the water, so I scattered her ashes at the tip of a jetty in the ocean.

My father traveled a lot for business in his career but never got to visit Maine. That's where his ashes are scattered. In all of the connected oceans, I hope some portion of their remains meet. What memories would they then share.
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My mom loved a certain beach, so when she died, my family put her ashes in the water.

When she was ill, I made sure to ask her what she would want in case she didn't get better. A hard conversation to have obviously but I wanted to get it right.
 
My father's mother passed last year, and his younger brother passed last month. His father had passed a couple of years ago as well.

We're at the point in life of when we'll be talking he'll mention "By the way since I finished paying off the house I've changed the payments so there will be some life insurance for you." or "I need an adult dog now. I can't leave you to deal with a puppy." (Our dog passed just before Christmas.)

They aren't new conversations, we've had some similar before. His youngest brother is his executor and will come here and will handle it all for me, because he's had to do it for both their parents. He wants money to go to certain things, the rest goes to me.

But we also live in a time where my father and I have a code word in case we ever get a call from someone claiming to be the other in a kidnapping situation. It's a surreal world we live in.

The last thing I said to my grandmother was wishing her a happy Mother's day and that I love her. Her final answer which I am so grateful I can go back and see it was that she loved me too.

You can plan and prepare and think you're ready for it, but you can never know when you'll be able to tell your loved ones you love them for the last time. Let your loved ones know when you can.
 
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RIP Sonny. I have vague memories of the "Quarterback Controversy" between Sonny and Billy Kilmer, completely astroturfed by George Allen, which Allen thought was his little secret, never thinking, apparently, that Sonny and Bill actually talked to each other.

Here's film of Sonny completing a behind-the-back pass in 1961 (alas in just an exhibition game).

 
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