Although we hadn't talked much lately I considered you a friend. Something that very few people ever manage to do. I have a great deal of respect for you and how you lived your life. Even though you were given a poor hand, you never folded. You anted up and played it through to the end. You didn't complain or whine about you life, you just did the best you could and sometimes more. While I am sorry you are gone, I am also glad, because now you are free. Good-By my friend, I will miss you greatly.

Mike

We will miss you.

This is from a thread on Fark. He did like that hat.

and you guys can blame that labret on me.