Hi Ken,

I was very sorry to hear of the passing of your friend Richard.  Like
you, there havwe  been many times over the years when I have inded
felt that it was some of my best friends who ended dieing.

I have lost so many good friends because of M.D. or M.S.  The ones I
remember were real trouble makers.  We will all never forget how happy
the   big wigs who ran are local spiecal ed program were when a buch
of us radicals left all at the same time.

I've lost a lot of those fokes over the years, and there will always
be a part of me that asks why.  Most of them so strong!  They never
took no for an answer!!

Sorry to just go off like that gang.  It's just that reading this Ken
brought up so much for me.

Thanks-Gary


On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Barber, Kenneth L. wrote:

> i just got news that a good friend that i worked with for years before
> coming to cdc was killed in a auto accident last thursday. Richard was a
> qudipaligic (neck broke as a young man). he used a mouth pointer. A most
> gentle person, intelligent... seems it is always the good ones. he must have
> been riding with someone, the van he had was a tank. a big ole work type
> van, rode in it more than a few times. can't emaging that thing getting the
> worst of a collision.
> Rest In Peace Richard Hamilton
> +3
>