I met Buzz through Rx about 3 years ago.  He was Rx's boss's husband.  They were...sorry, are...totally in love with each other.  This was a second marriage for both; they had grown kids and had found each other through a theater group they were involved in in CT.  Thier energy together is amazing and he is/was one of the most genuine people I had ever met.  His glowed when you're around him; he loved, loved, LOVED a good cigar, green bud, steak on the grill, red wine, the hot tub, singing, church, friends, family...he loved life.  I can honestly say I've met very few people who loved life more than Buzz.

He died Friday night in his sleep from a heart attack.  He and Wife has just spent the night burning a steak, some bud, kicking back with a bottle of wine (or two) and being with each other.  He woke up around 1:30 with a chest pain, took some advil and went back to bed.  When Wife woke up an hour and a half later, Buzz was cold.  The paramedics said he had been gone for  about an hour. 

Rx called me today to tell me the news.  I cried: for the loss of an amazing human being, for Wife, for Rx, for myself.  I'm going to the celebration tomorrow - that's what they are calling it, since "funeral" wouldn't be how Buzz would want it to be called.  I guarentee there will be hundrads of people there; he was well-known at his job, his community, his life.

Despite the occasional cigar, he was in perfect health.  He rode his bike to work daily and rode over 700 miles this past summer.  He took care of himself. 

I look at him and aspire to be as full of life as he was. I have been remembering all the good times.  He will be sadly missed.