[meteorite-list] Richard Norton

[Impactika at aol.com]

Hello List-Members,

Late last night I received a very sad email from Dorothy Norton.

Richard Norton passed away last week, after a long illness.

I had known fot quite some time that Richard was in poor health, still the 
news of his death came as a shock. Last time I called Dorothy, I heard piano 
playing in the background, Chopin and very good, I thought it was a CD 
playing or the radio, but Dorothy told me it was Richard, and we stopped a 
moment to listen, it was beautiful, I had no idea Richard was such a virtuoso.
I had met Richard and Dorothy several years ago in Tucson, Thanks to Twink. 
I was very much a new comer then , and I found Richard to be bright, 
friendly, funny and so approchable. I still remember showing him a slice of 
Tafassasset, he looked at it with his loupe for quite a while, then told me that 
this meteorite left him speechless. Dorothy laughed, apparently Richard was 
rarely speechless.

And now there is that great big hole in the middle of the Meteorite 
Community.

Please read the obituary written by Dorothy and Joel Schiff:   
http://www.impactika.com/rnorton.doc

I do know that Dorothy reads the List, so feel free to send her a message 
this way. Or, if you prefer, I'll be glad to relay your private message to 
her.
Thank you.

Anne M. Black
http://www.impactika.com/
IMPACTIKA at aol.com
Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
http://www.imca.cc/
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