It is always a drag hearing this sort of news, but it makes you pause and reflect.
He published a lot with CD in their Northwest Magazine days under Joe Bianco. Last I heard he was a prodigious book buyer/seller, working independently with Powell's Books.
About five years ago, I asked him to publish with Round Bend Press. He wasn't interested.
One time 25 years ago he told my child's mother, Linda, that he had lung cancer. Was he telling the truth back then or just projecting the future? He did smoke, and we all know where that goes.
Bob is a realist, quoted by CD as saying he's "had a good run."
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