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    Peter Nels Hasselbalch, November 4, 1960 to March 13, 2010.
    Peter graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Photography was his passion. He won many awards including the Nikon International and a number of his photographs have been published, including one on the cover of Life Magazine. Peter was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. Peter and Missy recently celebrated their twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. Peter was a family man who loved his wife and kids with all his might. When Jerry Garcia died years ago, there was a spontaneous celebration at a park in Lincoln. Peter arrived with an unending supply of 5 x 7 copies of a photo he shot of Garcia from a St. Louis Grateful Dead show a couple years earlier. Garcia was bathed in a blue light and Peter smiled as he handed these out to all those in gathered in remembrance. "There's nothing you can hold, for very long...... Stella Blue". Peter was a great talent, a kind man, a good father, and had a smile for all he knew and those he hadn't met yet. "I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone." The Truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step.
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    You're right Johnman
    However in this day and age it's easy to offend someone and I didn't want to do that. I appreciate the kind remarks and understanding. Some of my close friends were not as compassionate. I knew Dead heads were a better breed of folks.Thank You Again
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    That's the SPIRIT....
    Yes indeed,I like to think of the Fourth Dimension as a place where my beloved ol' Spooky can lie around the campfire listenin' to the likes of Pigpen swappin' stories with the other members of this family who have made the transition....I am sure Ziggy will find the gathering.Meanwhile in the here and now,Hearts to you FoolfortheDead....
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    nobody said this thread was just for humans
    on the contrary, some pets i have met were more human then their humans. it's my belief that here we can share mourning.......and loss. God bless Ziggy, whatever beach, or field, or park he is now chasing rabbits in.
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    so sorry for your loss f4td,
    May Ziggy's spirit walk with you always. Peace to you and yours.
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    No Disrespect intended
    I know most people don't equate the love for a pet to be the same as a human. However I can personally say that to some, our "Fur Kids" are like children to us. We loved them just as much as any one would a person who was special in their life.My best friend, companion and the absolute best dog ever "Ziggy" pasted away February 18th and it's been hard getting over him. It was his time and I'm sure he's in a much better place now but he's missed very much.
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    Pigpen forever
    still missing the man!
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    "LEAVE IT ON" as Pigpen used to say...........
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    R I P Ron McKernan: 3/8/73
    Pigpen passed away at age 27, 37 years ago. Turn on your lovelight in his memory, will ya?Thanks, DL, for the reminder...
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    eltortugatranquilo - very well put, thanks
    retreat/advance, solitude/activism, disengagement/participation, these two lives showing the Yin/Yang of human existence If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 01:50

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Another true musical and artistic visionary gone. RIP Capt. Beefheart.
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Submitted by Gr8fulTed on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 05:05

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Gerry Rafferty was only 63. I still hear Baker Street fairly often on the FM radio. Reminds me of a girl named Jill I once ran with, briefly, from Evergreen to Doylestown then down to Boulder.
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Submitted by johnman on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 20:36

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using a place where we remember those we miss, to further your greed. I can't believe you'd put an ad in here...what gall.
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Submitted by marye on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 08:43

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the spammer is a human being. Probably not.
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Submitted by johnman on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 08:44

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some lower lifeform, I'm certain
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Submitted by marye on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 08:49

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automated opportunistic crapola...
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Submitted by johnman on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 09:38

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I had thought since the same spammer posted different messages on different forums that it was an individual, but I'm don't know much about this automated stuff, other than I lost my job due to automation.
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Submitted by johnman on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 09:40

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I can't form grammatically correct sentences, either..
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Submitted by johnman on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 19:33

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Any body that was a teen in the 70's can remember Don Kirshner's Rock Concert on TV. How many parties revolved around that when the parents weren't home?
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Submitted by Linder on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 00:34

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Very sorry your dad and cat passed on...octopus hugs and healing rays for a decade
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Submitted by mona on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 03:18

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and midnite special but don had the coolest bands. he recorded a time in history. bummed to be too young and home on a weekend but the best thing about staying up :)
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Submitted by GRTUD on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 13:20

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Who could forget the television show, "Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert" and the barriers it broke not only in the television market but also in the nation’s cultural mindset of music on TV by shedding the over-rehearsed and lip synced production most Americans had become used to since the ‘50s? Kirshner also produced the hit TV series "The Monkeys" and contributed the bulk of the song writing for that show. He was inducted into the Song Writers Hall of Fame in 2007. R.I.P. Don Kirshner...
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Submitted by TigerLilly on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 13:49

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I appreciate that. Especially reading it tonight cuz have been almost washed under by a sunami if grief that came outta nowhere this evening.********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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Submitted by johnman on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 07:23

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and it will....for awhile...you're strong, you'll get through it, pal...
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Submitted by johnman on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 20:53

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Grandmother to Tigerlilly's kids.......RIP Oma
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Submitted by johnman on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 20:55

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Fitness guru...many of us saw his exercise program, one of the first, on the TV as we were growing up. 96 years of age, and was still in better shape than alot of 30 year olds
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Submitted by TigerLilly on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 00:44

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we need all the strength we can get right bout now. all been a bit too much for my kids to swallow -4 losses in 2 months.********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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Submitted by TigerLilly on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 02:49

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Gary Moore!Only 58-how sad!!!!!! ********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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Submitted by GRTUD on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 23:14

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So sorry about your loses recently TigerLilly, as if life isn't hard enough by its own merits. I can't possibly understand how you feel with all you've been through but my prayers are with you always (even when I'm not around here).
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Submitted by Stardancer on Sun, 02/20/2011 - 20:55

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My older brother Bill died in 1999 from Lukemia at the age of 56. Thanks to Bill he would "arrainged" for me to babysit.so I could go and see the greatful dead. My dad was a strick trip{Yes I loved him}but he expected us to be in the house by 9:30 at the age of 17.My brother had three adorable kids, he would call my dad and tell him.that he and his wife was going out and they needed me to babysit. I woudl then go to the concert and then go home the next morning when Bill picked me up at the bus station in Atlantic City then drive me home. Rest in peace Bill. I miss you still.
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Submitted by marye on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 12:02

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is a great brother. So sorry for your loss.
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Submitted by Stardancer on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 20:34

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Bill did not care for the greatful dead but he knew that Dad was unrelistic and he went thruit and he got kicked out of the house when he was 16. So he helped my sister and I get out of the house.
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Submitted by Stardancer on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 20:34

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Bill did not care for the greatful dead but he knew that Dad was unrelistic and he went thruit and he got kicked out of the house when he was 16. So he helped my sister and I get out of the house.
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Submitted by Jim Vaughn on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 18:24

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I just found out our old friend Kevin Dougherty passed away back in 2009 In Eugene... We had many colorful experiences together. Fun in SF! Great shows. Had families. Did our things. My wife's & my last show was at Autzen, hanging with Kevin & Jane & our kids. I am finding that getting old is hard because of the people that you lose... I love you Bro...
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Submitted by unkle sam on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 13:12

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Rest in peace Bear, you changed my life like so many others. I will always remember that purple haze, orange sunshine, yellow sunshine and blue cheer that you turned the world onto, you were the greatest. Without you, there would be no grateful dead.
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Submitted by Ziptrip on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 15:15

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Long live the legacy and the work of Bear! May his memory cause no man or woman harm! he faster we go the rounder we get!
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Submitted by PetePharm on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 16:24

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Sad way to go. Thanks for everything.
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Submitted by sonnydoo on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 16:39

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The Orange Juice may be safer, but we are saddened by your passing. Thanks for helping to create the SF atmosphere and for laying the ground work on the sound system.
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Submitted by grateful prof on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 17:17

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A sad day, just does not seem to be the way Bear should have gone. A survivor, in many ways ahead of his times, both technologically and perhaps psychologically. While his pharmacological roles were certainly important, there was far more to the man. R.I.P.
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Submitted by pkpotter on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 17:30

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It is a very sad day. His vision of sound broke through barriers decades before anyone on the planet. We will miss you Bear, but your molecules will rain down on us forever. And for that we will all be better.
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Submitted by Linder on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 18:09

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Enormous gentle vibes to Bear's family...came through many fights. Thank-you/om gate
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Submitted by grdaed73 on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 14:39

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another sad passing that came too soon! thank you Bear for the sights n'sounds.PEACE
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Submitted by RazzleDazzle on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 17:43

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just got a SYF tatt last week then bear passed think I'm gonna add another tear.
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Submitted by JackStraw_19631 on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 02:45

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Thanks for being, Bear. I'll meet you at the jubilee.
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Submitted by MissReddin on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 19:52

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My allowabull folklore about Bear ("summary") "Do you really want to tell me I can *()&$^&*?" "Do Bears Shit in the Forest??" (the biggest Southpark Smile possible on this pusser) keep your character, enjoy living, share your fortune, OXOX Merple Reddin
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Submitted by TigerLilly on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 05:01

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but means the world to me personally. May 1st my dad's friends are having a memorial picnic, in his honor. I am going, but I am not sure how well I can pull it off without having an emotional meltdown. BUT I love it that his friends have decided to carry on his annual picnic, in his memory. ********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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Submitted by RipplesInStillWater on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 14:48

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Furthur did a great tribute to Bear at one of their shows. Played a rockin' Alice D. Millionare, but the whole show was tribute. And it all was great. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ain't nobody messin' with you but you AND WE ALL LOVE YOU
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Submitted by Sarahjoy on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 23:07

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Hello there, I am searching for my birthfather with little to go on.. I was conceived in Eugene oregon in the summer of 79. My father went by the name winddancer and traveled up and down the west coast. He met my mother Devorah and they were only together for a short while. I do not have a birthname, except perhaps he also went by the name of Jonathan? He frequented Santa cruz,ca, not sure where he is origionally from.. Thought i would post here. The circle back then was a bit tighter, not sure what it is like now.. Any leads, any info of this invisible man in my life will be gratefully appreciated! Also, if you have any recommendations on where I can search or where the appropriate place to post is, that is also very helpful:)Aloha, Sarah
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Submitted by RipplesInStillWater on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 13:25

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I'll ask my husband. She went to Santa Cruz to see his frail mother with and lung problems + and a paralyzed arm. They where both huge Heads and my husband knows almost evrey 'Head in Santa Cruz. Will Have to ask him. I hope you find him! Keep on your search. Don't stop sister, I know you'll find him! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ain't nobody messin' with you but you AND WE ALL LOVE YOU
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Submitted by cosmicbadger on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 03:00

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We just lost a truly great poet, musician, performer, activist and human being. And especially sad as it was just when he was getting his life back together again. He is called the godfather of rap, but he never liked that title and it completely misses the point about what made him great. His live shows were celebrations, strong strong messages, razor wit and funky jazz tunes. Rest in Peace Gil Scott-Heron The revolution will not be televised! http://vimeo.com/24398430 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/28/gil-scott-heron-obituary 'You alone consider mercy after it seems like all you get is pain It seem to me that you have found the courage that others could not find You alone have the wisdom to take this world and make it what it need to be, want to be, will be, someday you'll see The day, the day you understand That there ain't no such thing as a superman'
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Submitted by johnman on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 16:45

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Bluesman and a founding member of the original Steve Miller Band. He was the creator of Pacific Northwest Blues in the Schools. Passed after a long battle with cancer May 16th, 66 years of age. memorial show will be held at Blues Vespers Sunday, June 5th at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington. Jerry Miller (Moby Grape), Jay Mabin and other local blues musicians to play. Blues Vespers is always free but donations are always accepted and will be donated to Blues in the Schools.
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Submitted by docks of the city on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 20:49

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Sad news Johnman. It was always a great pleasure to hear the Steve Miller Blues Band in good old SF. Nice to hear Jerry Miller will be at the memorial. My heart goes out to his family and the Pacific Northwest. : (
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Submitted by johnman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 02:05

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born and raised Tacoman, but I heard he moved to Pacific coupla years ago. I think it was two years ago word was he lost everything in a flood in Pacific, something to do with the Civil Engineers opening, or not opening a levee or something during a bad storm. I know that there was a benefit for him at The Swiss, in downtown T-town...
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Submitted by trailbird on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 08:41

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thanks for all the great "sax" music "Big Man", and rocking us. We'll miss you.
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Submitted by PonchoBill on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 08:51

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Really bummed. Glad I seen Bruce and the E Street band when I did. It won't be the same now. I'm gonna crank Rosalita and have a beer. :( :( :(