[Leica] John Bogusz

[Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>]

When George Gershwin passed away, Heywood Broun started his column in the
Herald Trib (remember that rag, campers?) the next day, "[T]hey say George
Gershwin died last night.  I don't have to believe it if I don't want to",
and what a magnificent epitaph that is.  I hope someone thinks a thought
like this of me, when my time comes.

I was just advised that John Bogusz of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died in
April, either this year or last.  I hadn't been in touch with John for the
past two years, but I grieve his loss.  He was the Adapter Man, the
American equal to Zork and these other European bend-it-fit-it guys.  John
was a true giant of a genius in his ability to connive a manner of making
things work.  Heck, he would have invented the T-Mount, if it weren't
already available.

I could tell tales but I shan't, save that John took remarkable care of
everyone I sent his way and I am grieved beyond just the loss of a friend,
in that I still had his name on my computer, in case anyone ever needed
him.  Folks will still need him, but he shan't be readily available.

I would not like to have John's death go unremarked, especially among
camera people, a community he served well and long.  

Damn!  I hate to have heard this, and I hate to pass it on.

Marc
msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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