[najida]

Rest in peace Mr. E.

[Ugly Truth]

I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was young, and he hired me to work on his boat. Just to keep it clean, LOL. This was in Newport Beach, and he owned a tri-maran, 32 ft. I scraped the barnacles off, kept the lines clean, resanded and varnished the wood, and he let me stay on the boat while I was there. On occasion, his wife would bring me food, like I was a starving urchin.

No finer man, no kinder man, no more down to earth man. The world is a sadder place for me now. RIP Buddy. You hardly knew me, but you gave me wonderful memories of a couple of summers of youth.