Friday, June 24, 2022
Like everyone, and as mentioned in his obituary, the news of Bennett's death floored me. I was his roommate in Brooklyn for about three years, and we remained friends although I hadn't seen him for some time. Still, through social media interactions with Valerie, I was able to maintain a tie to him (he wasn't much of a caller or Facebooker for that matter), and I had planned to visit them in next summer in Tucson, where my first visit in the early 1990s, largely because of Ben's largesse. Oh, that I wish I had known so I could have visited sooner. But death provides no such option; we don't get to choose when we pass out out of this realm. The lesson of Bennett's and other's recent, sudden death have shown me to be close to your loved ones while you can because we never know when our number is up. I always said B was my best (in a long string) of roommates ever, and one of the few I actually became friends and maintained contact with. Sincerest condolences to Valerie and Chet, and B's sister. I am still coming to visit next year.
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