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As some of you may have read in my status update, I lost a relative to Covid-19 yesterday. My Great Uncle Larry passed away at the ripe young age of 92.
My Grandfather named him "The Flamboyant One" and he lived up to it. He was a graphic designer in NYC, and used to draw some covers for Newsweek, Time, New Yorker and a few other magazines. He also was in alot of print ads, most of them for cigarettes, even tho he didnt smoke. Most of the ads had him in a casino, with a smoke in his hand, playing Blackjack, roulette or some other table game. And he loved the casino. He had a second home right outside Atlantic City, and anyone was allowed any time, just call him before you showed up because " he might be entertaining friends who go both ways" LOL
Any, back in the 1981, my mother had this piece of shit car, A Fiat 128 that she bought because thats what she could afford. This thing was in the shop every other week and my uncles said Fiat stood for Fix it Again Tony.
One day, Uncle Larry calls and says he is stopping in for a visit. He pulled in to the driveway in a brand new Chrysler LeBaron. He told my mom he "won a few bucks" at the casino and thought she could use the car. Turned out he won over 300k at Harrahs .He also bought a car for his sister, Alice, and gave his other sister, my grandmother, some cash.
That was the type of guy he was, and he stayed that way throughout his whole life.
Thanks for reading
My Grandfather named him "The Flamboyant One" and he lived up to it. He was a graphic designer in NYC, and used to draw some covers for Newsweek, Time, New Yorker and a few other magazines. He also was in alot of print ads, most of them for cigarettes, even tho he didnt smoke. Most of the ads had him in a casino, with a smoke in his hand, playing Blackjack, roulette or some other table game. And he loved the casino. He had a second home right outside Atlantic City, and anyone was allowed any time, just call him before you showed up because " he might be entertaining friends who go both ways" LOL
Any, back in the 1981, my mother had this piece of shit car, A Fiat 128 that she bought because thats what she could afford. This thing was in the shop every other week and my uncles said Fiat stood for Fix it Again Tony.
One day, Uncle Larry calls and says he is stopping in for a visit. He pulled in to the driveway in a brand new Chrysler LeBaron. He told my mom he "won a few bucks" at the casino and thought she could use the car. Turned out he won over 300k at Harrahs .He also bought a car for his sister, Alice, and gave his other sister, my grandmother, some cash.
That was the type of guy he was, and he stayed that way throughout his whole life.
Thanks for reading
