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hi ken ken [log in to unmask] wrote, a couple of times: >Subj: Maybe this time it will be sent! >Subject: End of an Era > >Today around 2 P.M. my father >Max Becker AKA Mac, went to be with G-d. >He had 81 years, most of them good until recently. >My mother was holding his hand. i am sorry for your loss, ken all in all, in spite of the pd, it sounds like your dad had a good innings, as they might say in bermuda >If not for his travails with Parkinsons, >I would never have known about this list. if not for mine, neither would i that's one of the reasons i cannot complain about having pd >Until now I never mentioned his name on the list, >I guess it was to keep his suffering private, >I really never thought of it until now. hmmm... i wonder if this desire for privacy is connected somehow with our discussions on visibility and invisibility of parkies? or shame/guilt attached to sharing pain with others? i don't know, just mulling... >I have no intention of leaving the list, >you are my friends, and my extended family. i agree and i'm thrilled that you're staying you contribute a tonne of goofiness tempered with a gramme of astuteness >I want to keep others from any unnecessary discomfort, >I want to be around when the cure is found. >I want to help bring it about, in any way I can. >I know dad would want that. and i'm sure he still does we are the beneficiaries of your dad's struggle and your own grief thank you, ken janet