He was in bed sleeping when either a stroke or heart attack hit him, his wife performed CPR and called EMT's, but it was too late.  After the county coroner's done his/her thing, they'll have a service out there, then likely one here in NJ.

I'm not much for public speaking, especially about someone I didn't properly grow up with (he left for California, not long after I was born).  It's a terrible shock to lose him so suddenly, but I guess my slightly autistic nature shields me from the emotional part of the loss.

Anyway, smoking and eating out all the time is a bad thing... guess I better stop lol.

I'll get back to responding and commenting on my previous post, and on NG as a whole kinda soon, just need some time to get my head straight... as if recent events and costs weren't enough already.