Friends passing
It has been a tough year for well loved influential men I know through RenFaire. Earlier this year we lost Dave Ponkey, the beloved storyteller, and then Don Brown, aka the Mullah of Mullah's coffees and teas. I have been friends with both, and even worked for Don Brown for years. Both Dave and Don died after suffering over a year of fighting from various illnesses. It looks like we will be adding another friend to the ranks, and this one is much more sudden.
Jerry Josephs had a stroke on Thursday night, and has basically been in a coma since. I will not go into details because I don't know many and would rather not give misinformation. What I have been told is that he has had two CAT-scans, both which have revealed little to no brain activity. His famiy has decided it would be best to take him off life support tonight at 10. Last night I went with Will, and several others, including most of the rest of the band members (The Naughty Minstrels), to see him in the ICU at Marin General. I know I was not the only one who had been holding up well until I walked into that room.
Here he is testing out the photo-booth set-up he put together for our wedding back on May 2, 2009. We already miss you Jerry!
ETA: Jerry Josephs passed away at 10 PM on Wednesday night after life support was removed. The prognosis was that he had an aneurism, and nothing could have been done.
Jerry Josephs had a stroke on Thursday night, and has basically been in a coma since. I will not go into details because I don't know many and would rather not give misinformation. What I have been told is that he has had two CAT-scans, both which have revealed little to no brain activity. His famiy has decided it would be best to take him off life support tonight at 10. Last night I went with Will, and several others, including most of the rest of the band members (The Naughty Minstrels), to see him in the ICU at Marin General. I know I was not the only one who had been holding up well until I walked into that room.
Here he is testing out the photo-booth set-up he put together for our wedding back on May 2, 2009. We already miss you Jerry!
ETA: Jerry Josephs passed away at 10 PM on Wednesday night after life support was removed. The prognosis was that he had an aneurism, and nothing could have been done.