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    From Lee Gold XP@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 21 20:49:17 2023
    Carole Parker (filker, wife of Bill Laubenheimer, also a filker) posted
    on Wednesday afternoon: “Hubby in St. Boniface hospital.”

    I emailed her, and she replied, “Bill died today in Winnipeg. Yes, you
    can tell Barry.
    You can tell others as well, but I ask that no medical information be on Facebook, please.
    “It was unexpected and without warning.
    “We were about to order brunch when he had a heart attack. Fortunately, Bill did not die in the restaurant.
    “The hospital is the region’s heart specialty hospital, so he was in
    good care. His body had a cascade of stuff happen, and the medical team
    did their best.”

    Lee Comment: I am stunned by this news. He looked young
    (well, younger than Barry and me) and healthy and not overweight,
    and I expected him to outlive me by a couple of decades.

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Lee Gold XP on Mon Jul 24 11:06:40 2023
    On 7/21/23 11:49 PM, Lee Gold XP wrote:
    Carole Parker (filker, wife of Bill Laubenheimer, also a filker) posted
    on Wednesday afternoon: “Hubby in St. Boniface hospital.”

    I emailed her, and she replied, “Bill died today in Winnipeg. Yes, you
    can tell Barry.
    You can tell others as well, but I ask that no medical information be on Facebook, please.
        “It was unexpected and without warning.
        “We were about to order brunch when he had a heart attack. Fortunately, Bill did not die in the restaurant.
        “The hospital is the region’s heart specialty hospital, so he was
    in good care. His body had a cascade of stuff happen, and the medical
    team did their best.”

    Lee Comment:  I am stunned by this news.  He looked young
    (well, younger than Barry and me) and healthy and not overweight,
    and I expected him to outlive me by a couple of decades.


    It was quite a shock to all of us at NASFiC, where he was scheduled to
    be on the filk program. Carole came to the con anyway and got lots of
    support. Several songs were sung in his memory.

    I had accompanied one of his songs, a Gilbert and Sullivan parody, a
    couple of times.


    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Paul Rubin@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 23 13:32:16 2023
    OMG I just saw this a month later. I wasn't super well acquainted with
    Bill, but do I remember him. Deep sympathy to Carol. :((((((

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