I just got to the bottom of this and sad to say another great is gone!!!
This Message comes from Dave Palumbo
TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY D'AREZZO
1962-2006
Anthony may have prided himself on his physique-- his massive musculature, his hulking frame, his armor coat of invulnerability . . . but in all the years that I’ve known and talked and laughed with this man, I can assuredly say that his most impressive attribute; his greatest gift; his most honest strength was his heart . . . and, as fate would have it, it was also his most vulnerable-- his Achilles’ heal.
Of all the people I’ve called my friend, never have I met a man with such strong convictions that he would rather die doing what he loved-- bathing in his passion-- than whither away in some hospital bed denied of who he really was and what was truly important in this short existence that we mortal beings call life. As the poet Dylan Thomas once wrote, Anthony did not “go gently into that good night.” No, I was there with him for the last hours of his life and I can assure you all that Anthony “raged, raged, against the dying of the light” and instead embraced everything and everyone he loved.
We must all remember that life goes far beyond this fleeting physical existence we think of as “living” because the spirit is eternal. And, I’m quite sure, at this very moment that Anthony is smiling down upon us all knowing full well that, one day, we’ll all be reunited. However, until that day comes, let’s remember Anthony as the enlightened soul that he is, and let’s thank God for all the joy, happiness, and peace that he brought into each and every one of our lives.
