It has been since mid December that I had last been by to visit Louis' shop here in town so I thought I'd swing by today and catch up. Everything had been cleared out! I asked one of the dealers there where he was and he informed me that Louis had a massive stroke in late December and passed away not long after in January. I was beside myself. I've been so busy with my father that I hadn't been out much or on the board so I checked and couldn't find anything here in the history search or archives about him.

I know a few of us here knew him and some better than others so I wanted to be sure to let everyone here know that we lost another great one. I met him a few time but didn't know him as well as some of you here but it was still a huge shock for me.

Louis, rest easy, my friend.

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