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Paul Sullivan, 1957-2007

Published on 10 Sep 2007 at 10:27 pm. 2 Comments.
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He was a good guy.  Smart. Cutting wit. Laughed a lot. Fun to hang around with. Taught me a few things. Died yesterday after a long, hard bout with cancer, and left a wife and five kids. Some of them he lived to see grown. Like the son he describes becoming a man, below.
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Great American

Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 10:11 am. 9 Comments.
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Erudite, insightful and incisive reader/commenter OldManTyme passed last week, and will be missed.  You’ll recognize him in his son Joe’s remarks:
Dad was Boston Irish born and bred. He joined the Marines out of HS and served 4 years including a combat tour in Vietnam. He married my mom while in college  earning a degree in [...]

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