Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phong wrote: > All that calendrical talk was not just idle talk for me. > Someone very dear to me died yesterday after several > months battling cancer. He was 77. As Tet approached, > he knew his final days were nearing. His wish was to > make it past Tet, as you increase your age on Tet, according > to Vietnamese customs, not on your birthday. He succumbed > at 6:00pm yesterday, Montreal time. > > Born in the late 1928 in North Vietnam, his lifetime spanned > an "interesting" junction in Vietnamese history. He had to leave > his home when the Communists took over in the 1950's; and once > again when they took over the South in 1975. An avid violinist > and photographer, he had to abandon his medical training when he > was drafted; he later had to leave behind a very honorable career > in law, where and when the law was not always the rule of the land. > Though he was a Nikon man, he appreciated my Leica and Rolleiflex > very much, as they were the cameras of his time; on the day he > evacuated from Saigon, he grabbed his camera bag, and shot with > that Nikon F until a burglar took it from his home in Montreal. > He continued to shoot, scan, and Photoshop until his very last days. > > Yesterday afternoon, surrounded by his wife, sons, daughter and grand > children, he was told that at that moment, it was already Tet in his > beloved home land, and that, indeed, he made it thru Tet. He passed > away shortly thereafter, with a faint smile. He was the sweetest man, > and is missed by us all. > > - Phong beautiful and moving Phong...I lift a glass to you and your friend....Steve - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html