our beloved chat pal from Club Wired, Harold "ayche" "H!" Freshour passed away last week.

Here's the details from pals in Ohio
> >>This is from Patty Marvel from the H-List:
> >>
> >>Here's what we've learned today.
> >>
> >>1. Harold is being cremated rather than buried, so I
> >>assume that means there won't be a funeral (I've never known anyone
> >>who was cremated before, so I don't know the protocol). There will,
> >>however, be visiting hours THIS MONDAY from 6pm to 8pm at:
> >>
> >>Golubski Funeral Home
> >>5986 Ridge Road
> >>Parma, 440-886-0200
> >>
> >>I grew up in Parma, so if this is the funeral home I'm thinking of,
> >>just get off the Ridge Road exit from I-480 and head south about
> >>four miles. It SHOULD be on your right. Double check this with
> >>Mapquest. This information should be listed in Sunday's Plain
> >>Dealer.
> >>
> >>2. Some of you asked where to send cards or flowers
> >>His addy is in the Cleveland white pages, but under
> >>his mother's name:
> >>
> >>Wilma Freshour
> >>6231 Ridge Road
> >>Parma, Ohio 44129
> >>
> >>440-884-4027
> >>
> >>She's disabled and doesn't get around very well, so my husband,
> >>George, has offered to go over there soon and help her tidy up. I
> >>bet George wouldn't mind some company, so call us at 216-229-1351
OR
> >>e-mail George at geovoice@y... .
> >>
> >>3. His cousin, Karen, has strongly encouraged me to
> >>put the above veiwing information on the WRUW webpage because she
> >>and Mrs. Freshour would very much like to meet Harold's friends. It
> >>seems she didn't know certain elements of Harold's life, like he
> >>wrote a weekly column for an on-line mag, so they're like to
> >>"put the pieces of the puzzle together."
> >>
> >>4. What we know leading up to his passing...on
> >>Saturday, November 6th, he came to the WRUW station to
> >>do his show but wasn't feeling well (he was sweating
> >>quite a bit, like he had a temperature) and asked me
> >>to cover for him. I e-mailed him within 24 hours to
> >>see how he was doing and got no reply. The editor of
> >>his on-line mag was concerned because Harold di not
> >>send him his column on Monday like he normally did. I
> >>read this post on Thursday night, so that evening I
> >>got Harold's phone number off the WRUW list and left a message,
> >>asking him how he was doing and would he need me to cover his show
> >>again this week. That's how his cousin knew to call me the next
> >>morning and tell me what had happened.
> >>
> >>According to Harold's neighbor, Rich, who called me
> >>while I was covering his show, Harold was sick in bed
> >>for about a week. On Friday morning, he heard Mrs.
> >>Freshour screaming after her attempts to wake Harold failed. This
> >>was followed by the arrival of an ambulance, the arrival of a
police
> >>car, the departure of the ambulance and the arrival of a white van.
> >>As of this writing we still don't know cuase of death, which
> >>may be very hard to guess at as Karen says he hadn't
> >>seen a doctor in 12 years. And as he had no computer
> >>in his home, this would explain why none of us heard
> >>from him for a few days as most of his communication
> >>was done via e-mail.
> >>
> >>5. I covered his show this morning and I tapped it for
> >>his family. I'll give it to them along with a typed
> >>copy of the playlist. I'd also like everyone's
> >>permission to download all of the kind things they've
> >>said about Harold and hand them to his mother. I think
> >>she would like that.
> >>
> >>6. For those of you who will be covering "Demolished Sanctuary" for
> >>the rest of the schedule, Jim Szabo found Harold's webpage about
> >>albums he liked, organized by year:
> >>www.geocities.com/SunsetStr...mmend.html
> >>
> >>That's all I know at this point. I'm going to try and
> >>get out of work early Monday night and head down to
> >>Parma. George has to work, so I'll either be dropping
> >>him off to take the car or hitching a ride with
> >>someone.
> >>
> >>Patty