In Reply to: Harvey Rosenberg R.I.P. posted by samtellig on July 16, 2001 at 17:28:53:
I don't know where to begin. Janet and I were devastated by the news yesterday, and we have yet to really come to grips with it.I last spoke with Harvey on Saturday morning, when he called to see how we were doing: My mother, sister, and I had all spent time in the hospital recently, and Harvey called to check in every day. He was excited about his upcoming trip to the midwest, where he was going to hear a new Vaic amplifier design. His hosts there were the ones who rushed him to a medical center when they picked him up at the airport and Harvey complained of not feeling well.
Harvey was so important to Listener in every way, not only as a writer but as a guide and a mentor. As Janet and I have often observed, Harvey had more good ideas in a day than we'll have in a lifetime of trying.
More important, Harvey was my friend. A list of all the kindnesses he showed me over the years wouldn't fit here, or anywhere. It's so unfathomable to me that such a big heart could ever stop.
Harvey would not want us to be sad--remember when he wrote that he wanted his tombstone to be decorated with cherubs with erections and the epitaph "he was a bad dude, but he made shit happen"?--but it's impossible not be be sad today. I keep waiting for him to call.
God bless you and keep you, Harvey.
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- Re: Harvey Rosenberg R.I.P. - Art Dudley 10:02:50 07/17/01 (3)
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