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Originally Posted by muscle_collector
how old was he and how did he die???
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In the late 1980's Asa Sr. told me that his son had been living "up north" and had a constant sore throat. He went to Burns Hospital in Petoskey MI, near Walloon Lake about it. They found he had an advance stage of cancer. (I beleive, but don't quote me it has been several years since this conversation) Ace Jr. went to be treated at Cleveland Hospital. They told him they could not do anything more for him. Sr. said Jr went down to Florida to die. I don't even remember the approximate year Jr. died.
I would have to estimate that Ace Jr. was in his 50's when he died. Sr. did not pass away until he was in his mid to late 90's. I went to the funeral but I don't remember the exact year. But it was in around 2000.
Their are others that beleive Jr. died of other problems. I don't know. I do not want to speculate. I'm just relating to you what Ace Sr. told me.
Sr. would tell me how much he missed his son. I never wanted to push the subject. So, if we could drop the subject and just try and remember the good times it would be more fun.
In 1989 - 1992 I worked with Domino's Farms, (Domino's Pizza's HQ) in Ann Arbor, to put the GTO Northen Nationals together. The first few years I had the dash plaques and awards state on the bottom, "In Memory of Asa "Ace" Wilson Jr.". Since Ace Sr. lived near me I had my wife and kids bring Ace Sr. a couple of the years. Ace Sr.'s daughter, Jr's sister, Dee Sterling and her daughter also attended. They greatly appreciated the gesture.