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Post by PaulR5 on Nov 22, 2021 13:13:00 GMT -5
Author LugNutz has died. He wrote the Sanitaria Springs story "Rainbow's End," one of the first SS stories to appear. He also wrote the short stories "Nonsense," "The Mask," "F.A.S.T," "Trick or Treat?", "Dragstrip," and "Rolling the Dice."
LugNutz was the pen name of Jeffrey "Jeff" Browning, from Michigan. He died on this 55th Birthday, November 17, 2021. The obituary said he died of Covid. He also had Multiple Sclerosis, and was weakened from that, as well.
He was in the process of writing another SS short story. He had two versions going. I liked the first version better. In it, the partners Ted Kutsenko (Doug Kutsenko's brother who moved to Sanitaria Springs in "Rainbow's End" and met Daniel Boone "Dan" Brownstone) take over the raising of Dan's nephew when the nephew's mother had to go overseas with the military. The boy's father had died, and Dan was the only relative available to take over his care. It would have been a good story. I won't mention the second version.
Jeff was a prolific commentator to the Dabeagle's Forum. He will be missed.
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Post by Neal on Nov 22, 2021 18:39:11 GMT -5
So sad.
I will miss his inputs to this forum.
Thank you for letting us know of his passing.
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Post by Dabeagle on Nov 23, 2021 15:48:05 GMT -5
I met Jeff in person once. I was on the way to see a friend, family in tow, to Wisconsin. We met in upper Indiana at a restaurant that allowed dogs when it was just Chance and Dante. We had a nice meal and he discussed his idea for a story and we exchanged copies of a book we'd both contributed to. He was a genuinely gentle soul.
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Post by dgt224 on Nov 23, 2021 18:27:41 GMT -5
Well, damn. The Forum will be quieter and a little less interesting without his input.
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Post by glh on Nov 23, 2021 23:04:04 GMT -5
Jeff and I have been friends since the days of ICQ and the old Deweywriter forum, probably since the mid 90s. Back in the day I had a house party and Jeff drove down from his home in Michigan to my home in Southern Illinois, about 10 hours one-way. It was a bit of a raucous and well attended affair and I didn't really get to hang out with him nearly as much as I'd have liked, given the effort he made to get there. He spent the night and got up the next morning and headed back home in order to make work the following day. We've stayed in touch over the years and I considered him a good friend in spite of the distance separating us. A couple of months ago we were reminiscing on the old times with the intent of getting together again when weather permitted. The past three weeks I've been tied up trying to relocate my Mom and disabled sister to a new condo and hadn't heard from him recently. I guess now I know why. Farewell bud, until we meet again.
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Post by padrepower on Nov 24, 2021 0:01:40 GMT -5
I only discovered him last year.well I'm so glad I did I only read a few of his stories and they were excellent for that alone he's going to be missed he also always responded to some of my lame as humor in the Jokes section you would have had no idea he had all this going with his health I'll see you in the afterlife my friend
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Post by ivor on Nov 24, 2021 11:00:54 GMT -5
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Post by Neal on Nov 24, 2021 21:03:33 GMT -5
The link takes you to an obituary. There is a link in the obituary for "in lieu of" donation to the Multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Post by glh on Nov 25, 2021 11:58:00 GMT -5
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