Terribly sad news about a fellow forum member

[samnat]

Condolences to the family....

[GA Russell]

My prayers go out for grey and his family.

[LAL]

Sad news. My condolences to his family.

[Parkertown]

His online persona, which is all I knew of him, was wonderful. Great sense of humor. (that thread above is hilarious! )

And he was probably the best seller I've ever known. Guy must've been goin' to the post office all the friggin' time.

I got so many discs from him it's hard to remember them all.

Thanks for everything grey; you were the best...

My condolences to his family. I'm sure they'll be missing him. He'll certainly be missed around here.

I had been kinda worried...

[marcoliv]

It's like a death in the family. If the site exists long enough, most of us will be mourned eventually.

In a way, that's comforting.

RIP Ken and my sincerest condolances to his family.

i´ve been away for a few days and....

Patricia took the words out of my mouth

thanks Grey for being such a nice guy and a jazz passionate

Marcus

[ghost of miles]

That's dreadful news.  I'd get a kick out of how he'd periodically get all 'fired up' and hit the politics forum for a day or two at BN and this place and then disappear entirely for 60...90 days.  Many a JRVG I picked up from him and in the years to come will most certainly think of him whenever I spin one.    Best wishes to his immediate family.

Yes, I, too, noticed Grey's guerilla-strike pattern in the politics forum... and I had the same thought about playing CDs when I read this news the other day, Weizen--in fact, two of the JRVGs I bought from him were the Jutta Hipps, an artist I hear you have some appreciation for.

Re: Catesta's earlier comment about board members vanishing, this is something else that I've thought about as well. There was also a simultaneously eerie and touching experience on Jazz Corner a couple of years back, where it was announced that a member was dying... a tribute thread was started... and then I believe the member himself posted. It was a sort of online virtual "farewell."

Edited December 30, 2004 by ghost of miles

[Leeway]

I had been thinking of Grey recently and noticing his absence from the Board. I wish the explanation had been otherwise. My condolences to his family.

[Dmitry]

Terribly sad news. I've dealt with Ken since the BNBB inception in '99. He was BY FAR the most dilligent and accomodating cd seller on board. I know, this is not the right way to remember someone, but that was the extent of my knowing him.

RIP, Ken.

[Ed S]

This is terrible news.

I never dealt with Ken on the board. But I've been around since the BNBB days and saw him around here and Blue Note enough to know that he added a lot to the community. He'll be missed.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Very sad indeed.

I had a few e-mail exchanges with him and he struck me as a guy with a big heart. I will miss him.

My sincerest condolences to elizaBETH and all of Ken's family and friends.

[jazzkrow]

I bought m first JRVG from Ken (Grey), just to be able to say that I had one.

I remember always being disappointed because his initial sales posting would always go up while I was sleeping on the West Coast and your East Coast folks scarved up the goodies at 6-7 AM your time.

My sympathies go out to his family and close friends.....

RIP, Ken!

[ralphie_boy]

Very sad news. A long-time BNBB member who came here like many of us. RIP Ken.

[BruceH]

I had no idea. My sympathies to all his family and friends.

[sjarrell]

Y'know, nearly every weekday morning at 10:00 eastern I check offering/looking for a Grey post. I'll continue to do it unconciously for awhile, I'm sure, before my coffee kicks in.

Goodbye, Grey. There's more good music in my house thanks to you. Take care.

[B. Goren.]

R.I.P. grey.

[The Groper]

The many affectionate and even tender responses I've read today convince me that grey must have been a true gent. My sympathy to all, especially ElizaBETH and others who loved him close-up.

[GregK]

I never corresponded or even discussed anything with him, but I still feel sorry for those who did know him. RIP

[Jim Dye]

Terribly sad news. RIP, Ken.

[BERIGAN]

My Condolences to ElizaBETH, and the rest of his family! I never bought anything from him, but I do have a fond memory of something Grey said on a thread I started back on the Bluenote Board. It was are you rich??? Everyone beat around the bush....folks with 10's of thousands of cds could only muster an "I'm comfortable" comment. Grey said something on the line of he was too busy being chauffer driven in his fancy SUV, drinking champane and watching a film to comment right now.

[couw]

[chris olivarez]

RIP Grey.

[frankc]

RIP GREY; my condolenscences elizaBETH to you and your family; stunned, shocked, can't begin to describe my feelings; oddly, ken once asked what I did at mcgill, I'm sure he was well looked after in kingston---life is unfair at times

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[DrJ]

My deepest condolences to you and to all of Grey's close friends and family members. I found him to be a wonderful contributor to the board, and will miss his thoughts and insights.