A great man, a gentleman, has gone West, and way much too early! My sincere condolences to Dorothy, his friends and his family.
Alex Berlin/Germany -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 27 May 2009 14:56:41 EDT > Von: impact...@aol.com > An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, carionminer...@wanadoo.fr > Betreff: [meteorite-list] Richard Norton > Hello List-Members, > > Late last night I received a very sad email from Dorothy Norton. > > Richard Norton passed away last week, after a long illness. > > I had known fot quite some time that Richard was in poor health, still the > news of his death came as a shock. Last time I called Dorothy, I heard > piano > playing in the background, Chopin and very good, I thought it was a CD > playing or the radio, but Dorothy told me it was Richard, and we stopped a > moment to listen, it was beautiful, I had no idea Richard was such a > virtuoso. > I had met Richard and Dorothy several years ago in Tucson, Thanks to > Twink. > I was very much a new comer then , and I found Richard to be bright, > friendly, funny and so approchable. I still remember showing him a slice > of > Tafassasset, he looked at it with his loupe for quite a while, then told > me that > this meteorite left him speechless. Dorothy laughed, apparently Richard > was > rarely speechless. > > And now there is that great big hole in the middle of the Meteorite > Community. > > Please read the obituary written by Dorothy and Joel Schiff: > http://www.impactika.com/rnorton.doc > > I do know that Dorothy reads the List, so feel free to send her a message > this way. Or, if you prefer, I'll be glad to relay your private message to > her. > Thank you. > > Anne M. Black > http://www.impactika.com/ > impact...@aol.com > Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. > http://www.imca.cc/ > **************Dinner Made Easy Newsletter - Simple Meal Ideas for Your > Family. Sign Up Now! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221991367x1201443283/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215225819%3B37274678%3Bs% > 3Fhttp:%2F%2Frecipes.dinnermadeeasy.com%2F%3FESRC%3D622) > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list