Anyone remember Jack Curry?

On Wed 02 Feb 2005 04:06:07a, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

He posted here a long time ago. Passed away on 01/29 peacefully, in his
sleep.

Jill

Yes, I do remember Jack, but didn't know much about him. I'm very sorry to
hear of his passing. Was he elderly?

Wayne

Rhonda Anderson said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Ys2Md.23068$BQ2.1178
@bignews6.bellsouth.net:

Quoted message said:

He posted here a long time ago. Passed away on 01/29 peacefully, in
his sleep.

Jill

Yes, I do remember him posting, though it's been some time since I
saw the name. Had he been ill? I'm assuming (bad thing to do, I know)
that since you know about this, you had kept in touch with him as a
friend. If so, my condolences for your loss, and for his family as
well.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Nope, he was neither ill nor elderly - mid 50's. He had just had a clean
bill of health from his doctor last week and on Saturday afternoon he had a
massive heart attack. His wife performed CPR, but couldn't revive him. He
was such a great, kind man with an incredible knowledge of food.

He will be missed.

RIP, Mr. Curry!

kili

kilikini said:

Rhonda Anderson said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

He posted here a long time ago. Passed away on 01/29 peacefully, in
his sleep.

Jill

Yes, I do remember him posting, though it's been some time since I
saw the name. Had he been ill? I'm assuming (bad thing to do, I know)
that since you know about this, you had kept in touch with him as a
friend. If so, my condolences for your loss, and for his family as
well.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Nope, he was neither ill nor elderly - mid 50's. He had just had a
clean bill of health from his doctor last week and on Saturday
afternoon he had a massive heart attack. His wife performed CPR, but
couldn't revive him. He was such a great, kind man with an
incredible knowledge of food.

He will be missed.

RIP, Mr. Curry!

kili

My apologies for saying it was "peaceful". Massive heart attacks are
anything but.

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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He posted here a long time ago. Passed away on 01/29 peacefully, in his
sleep.

I am truly sorry to hear that, what a shame.

nancy

jmcquown said:

He posted here a long time ago. Passed away on 01/29 peacefully, in

his

Quoted message said:

sleep.

Jack was a much more frequent participant on alt.food.barbecue of late
than here. For those interested, there are a number of discussions on
that group as well.

Brian

"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Ys2Md.23068$BQ2.1178
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Quoted message said:

He posted here a long time ago. Passed away on 01/29 peacefully, in
his sleep.

Jill

Nope, he was neither ill nor elderly - mid 50's. He had just had a clean
bill of health from his doctor last week and on Saturday afternoon he had

a

Quoted message said:

massive heart attack. His wife performed CPR, but couldn't revive him.

He

Quoted message said:

was such a great, kind man with an incredible knowledge of food.

He will be missed.

RIP, Mr. Curry!

kili

I remember him, too. Does anyone know if the family has requested donations
to any particular charity/organization?

Small, perhaps inappropriate, question--how can one die peacefully in your
sleep yet die of a massive heart attack?

rona

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Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> He posted here a long time ago. Passed away on 01/29 peacefully,
> in his sleep.
>
> Jill

Nope, he was neither ill nor elderly - mid 50's. He had just had a
clean bill of health from his doctor last week and on Saturday
afternoon he had a massive heart attack. His wife performed CPR,
but couldn't revive him. He was such a great, kind man with an
incredible knowledge of food.

He will be missed.

RIP, Mr. Curry!

kili

I remember him, too. Does anyone know if the family has requested
donations to any particular charity/organization?

Small, perhaps inappropriate, question--how can one die peacefully in
your sleep yet die of a massive heart attack?

rona

Was my mistake - heart attacks are not pleasant. Not sure if his family has
requested any particular donations.

Jill

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

I remember him, too. Does anyone know if the family has requested

donations

Quoted message said:

to any particular charity/organization?

Someone posted his obit on AFB, it has that information. See the link
below.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.food.barbecue/msg/dcda508e09965fea

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Brian

In article <[email hidden]>, "Rona

Yuthasastrakosol said:

Small, perhaps inappropriate, question--how can one die peacefully in
your sleep yet die of a massive heart attack?

Instant death. Never know what hit you. Don't even wake up. Could be
worse. Hard on the survivors, though.
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Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "Rona

Yuthasastrakosol said:

Small, perhaps inappropriate, question--how can one die peacefully in
your sleep yet die of a massive heart attack?

Instant death. Never know what hit you. Don't even wake up. Could be
worse. Hard on the survivors, though.

Yup, that's the way I wanna go. I just hope I have
my prettiest clean underwear on when they find me
later.
Goomba

jmcquown said:

My apologies for saying it was "peaceful". Massive heart attacks are
anything but.

Jill

A guy from afb sent me a note shortly afterwards. I was shocked. I'd
just had a great conversation (electronic) with him. So sad.
My heartfelt condolences to his family.

--
Steve

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bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards...

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Ys2Md.23068$BQ2.1178
@bignews6.bellsouth.net:

> He posted here a long time ago. Passed away on 01/29 peacefully, in
> his sleep.
>
> Jill

Nope, he was neither ill nor elderly - mid 50's. He had just had a clean
bill of health from his doctor last week and on Saturday afternoon he had

a

Quoted message said:

massive heart attack. His wife performed CPR, but couldn't revive him.

He

Quoted message said:

was such a great, kind man with an incredible knowledge of food.

He will be missed.

RIP, Mr. Curry!

kili

I remember him, too. Does anyone know if the family has requested donations
to any particular charity/organization?

Small, perhaps inappropriate, question--how can one die peacefully in your
sleep yet die of a massive heart attack?

A little ischemia, a little arrhythmia, no blood to brain while asleep,
[censored]. Happened to my very old aunt, happened to a young patient of mine
(well, 40's) while napping in the tub. It is my personal vote for number
2 way to die. My number one is to be such a threat I'm killed in a car
bomb at age 89.
blacksalt
for my radical peanut sauce, of course.

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

Small, perhaps inappropriate, question--how can one die peacefully in your
sleep yet die of a massive heart attack?

My dad was out snowmobiling with friends. They took their snowmobiles to
one of the guys' house for a couple drinks. Dad took off his helmet,
stepped off the snowmobile, and went face first into the snow. Boom.
Gone. He didn't suffer a bit.

Carol
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"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

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Melba's Jammin' <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "Rona

Yuthasastrakosol said:

Small, perhaps inappropriate, question--how can one die peacefully
in your sleep yet die of a massive heart attack?

Instant death. Never know what hit you. Don't even wake up. Could
be worse. Hard on the survivors, though.

Pnuemonia is the easiest death...slowly you just get weaker and weaker
then fall asleep, fall unconious and finally just stop breathing. I got
as far as the falling asleep stage, wasn't half bad. Takes weeks. That's
why it is refered to as old folk's friend. Getting cured was a [censored].

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Hahabogus said:

Pnuemonia is the easiest death...slowly you just get weaker and weaker
then fall asleep, fall unconious and finally just stop breathing. I got
as far as the falling asleep stage, wasn't half bad. Takes weeks. That's
why it is refered to as old folk's friend. Getting cured was a [censored].

That's what happened to my mom. She used to work in hospital labs, and she
said the most common cause of death in hospitals is pneumonia.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

kilikini said:

He had just had a clean
bill of health from his doctor last week and on Saturday afternoon he had a
massive heart attack

Are you talking about "Jack Schidt"?

Oh, my GAWD! I didn't know - I'll miss him.

sf

Steve Calvin said:

jmcquown said:

My apologies for saying it was "peaceful". Massive heart attacks are
anything but.

Jill

A guy from afb sent me a note shortly afterwards. I was shocked. I'd
just had a great conversation (electronic) with him. So sad.
My heartfelt condolences to his family.

So, did his wife communicate this information to someone on
the internet? That's more than anyone I know would think to
do under the circumstances. How did you all find out?

sf

sf said:

Steve Calvin said:

jmcquown said:

My apologies for saying it was "peaceful". Massive heart attacks

are > anything but.

Quoted message said:

Jill

A guy from afb sent me a note shortly afterwards. I was shocked. I'd
just had a great conversation (electronic) with him. So sad.
My heartfelt condolences to his family.

So, did his wife communicate this information to someone on
the internet? That's more than anyone I know would think to
do under the circumstances. How did you all find out?

sf

She let an internet friend of ours know and asked him to pass on the news to
the rest of us on-liners.

Story of Jack - Jack bought a case of Belgian Ale for my hubby and me to
pass out in lieu of champagne for toasting when we got married in October.
He instructed that we save two bottles - one bottle to open on our year
anniversary and the other to open on our 5th anniversary. There is going to
be a world wide BBQ or grillfest in Jack's honor on this Saturday (noon West
Coast, USA time, 3 EST - 8 pm Great Britain) and we're going to most likely
open one of our anniversary beers in his honor.

Toast to you, Jack, my friend! Pork butt on the WSM on Saturday here in
Florida.

kili

sf said:

kilikini said:

He had just had a clean
bill of health from his doctor last week and on Saturday afternoon
he had a massive heart attack

Are you talking about "Jack Schidt"?

Oh, my GAWD! I didn't know - I'll miss him.

sf

Nope, different Jacks. At least we still have Schidt, I think! Where's he
been? Kinda makes you worry, doesn't it?

kili