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Ivan, This is terrible news. I never cease to be appalled at the cruelty that humans are capable of inflicting upon each other. My deepest sympathies for the loss of your friend. Jennifer Smith Ivan M Suzman wrote: > ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 50 deg. F :-) > ******************************************************************** > I am sorry to not be as available to the List as I have been. Two gay > men hae been killed here recently. One was probably strangled, and the > other may have been strangled as well. We in the gay community still do > not know enough about the exact circumstances. No suspects have been > revealed or named by the police. > > One was a friend of many here in Portland, who was a Jewish architect. > He was very talented, and well-liked. His body was found behind a > dumpster, frozen in the snow, 60 miles away, in Augusta. We are told he > committed suicide with a gun. Yet an eyewitness insists that he was > strangled. Noone here could imagine him buying a gun. > > We do not know the name of the other man yet. His body was found in > his Augusta apartment after he had been followed. Stories are circulating > that he was mugged and killed shortly after leaving a gay-owned business. > > Tomorrow is my gay men's scrabble and cards night, so maybe I'll hear > more. > > Ivan -- Ars Longa - Vita Brevis Art is Long - Life is short :(:) )