[muscle_collector]

WTH !!!!! what / how / when did this happen???? I was just getting ready to make a post and say hello Jamie, and how is loren and all you guys.

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Originally Posted by muscle_collector

WTH !!!!! what / how / when did this happen???? I was just getting ready to make a post and say hello Jamie, and how is loren and all you guys.

Well Gary, he went through that divorce and everything when he was doing the restoration on the Macho,and it all hit him pretty hard, he kinda went down the drug path after all that I believe, he was in and out of jail quite often for several years, and he ended up having a massive heart attack in Taney,co jail in Branson,it happened back in March. It was quite the shock to all of us. He always said he was gonna get out and straighten up everytime he was in jail, but unfortunately he never did. I sure wish he would have,but even as much as everyone tried,nobody could help him. There at last he probably didn't weigh 170-180 lbs. and as you know, that is tiny for Loren. It sucks, Dad,Jamie and I always go up to the big Swap Meet in Springfield every year ya know at the Fairgrounds, and it just wasn't the same not seeing Loren walking around up there this year. Very,Very Unfortunate...

on a brighter note, Jamie and all of us is doing great!!

How have you been Mr. Gary?

[muscle_collector]

holy crap. that breaks my heart as you guys have been friends for a long long long time (you were just a kid when we all met). I remember when she left him, he called and we talked for a long time and that was around the same time he became diabetic. I knew then it was all coming down on him and tried to get him to get you guys and come down and hang out. he said he would and then never made it. then I couldn't ever get ahold of him and then out of the blue he called me and told me about all the pressure and did a stupid thing and got on drugs, but was cleaned up and getting life back on track. so I suggested we all get together and that never happened. then I never heard from him for a couple of years maybe and out of the blue I got a collect call from jail in taney county. as you remember my uncle was one of the original developers of branson and still owns around thirty something hotels there so I thought hmmmm family member maybe and accepted the call. it was loren. dang was I shocked. we talked for a while and he promised me he had learned his lesson and as soon as he got out he was going to make up for screwed up time in his life. I told him to call as soon as he got out and I would see if I could fix him up with some cool Pontiac. he was all for it and I never heard another word from him. so sorry to hear about it. your right things will never be the same. it didn't matter what swap meet or car show we went to I knew I would always see the three of you together. how did Jamie take it as he was very close like a brother to him.