[meteorite-list] Richard Norton

[Greg Redfern]

What a loss to all of us and the world at large.

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Impactika at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:57 PM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; carionminerals at wanadoo.fr
Subject: [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
Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
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