[meteorite-list] Richard Norton

[Alexander Seidel]

A great man, a gentleman, has gone West, and way much too early!
My sincere condolences to Dorothy, his friends and his family.

Alex
Berlin/Germany




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> Datum: Wed, 27 May 2009 14:56:41 EDT
> Von: Impactika at aol.com
> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, carionminerals at wanadoo.fr
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Richard Norton

> 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
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