Thanks for the annual post for b4atf.
His last message to me on 12/12/13 was brief:
"If I have not mentioned it Eddie, I am dying and time is growing short. Watch my board. Thanks, Tom."
He had been sick as early as 2012 and did not have private health insurance and I told him to go to the VA.
Tom once posted a picture of his place in the woods. I was going to copy and save it, but it was gone by the next day.
I don't know what Tom specifically died of, but a broken heart, created by his departed Denise, was certainly a major cause.
Thanks again for the repost.
sumisu