[charlene]

No apology necessary.. I was overwhelmed with so many messages, calls etc. that I just hadn't got to posting the news here..I am glad someone did tho!
After a couple of months of updates then the call on May 1 shortly after Gordon died I posted a short note on his Official Facebook page then a fan based page..then the messages started...In the morning I was sent the official press release to post and that went to the media.
His last few months were difficult for him. The details will never be told by those close to the situation..Gordon was so private in certain areas of his life and those there for the last few months will respect that.
We all thought he was invincible, that he would bounce back, hoped he would, despite seeing how frail he had become in the last year. Age and endless health concerns just caught up with him. COPD, emphysema, a severely broken wrist, a TIA, an injured leg that took forever to heal, plus the after effects from the AAA in 2002 - he just got through all of it and back on stage...I am so thankful I took so many photos and videos..photographs and memories - the times of our lives...
I was awake all night and realized in the morning I hadn't posted here so was happy to see you had posted the sad news.. With this site having so many tech issues I haven't posted here as much as I should..even though there are so few others who hang here anymore..
the Facebook pages run by fans where posts just disappear in the feed are frustrating when endless song polls/endless posting of links to youtube videos/random postings of lyrics take over....
not much substance to the discussions and if there it is lost in the feed within hours.. It's not a spot conducive to much thoughtful discussion anyway. I am hoping to find someone who can archive all of this site in some way. I can't get hold of FLorian in any way, e-mails and actual snail mail hasn't been successful.
I have been paying for FLIKR and Shutterfly where pictures are saved so I can use the links there to put pictures here. If I stop payments then I imagine the photos will be lost here on this site.. - I am not sure how that will work... I have them all saved in my own computer/files but they can't be loaded here from my files. I used to be able to just post them but then something changed and it was necessary to have a link/code thing. It is time consuming to get them posted here and I am way behind in doing so for so many things that have happened..
The consolation is that Gordon appreciated the work I did and Kim re-iterated it to me at the visitation in Orillia and again in a message.. I told her, as I have a million times, that I am, and fans everywhere are so thankful she came into his life, made him so happy and took such great care of him when he needed it. She was a lurker here long before she became a part of his life back in 2009 or so.
I've yet to post my thoughts/report about the visitation..
I will post new things here as they come up and bring back old posts that may be of interest or an anniversary of an event..
I will keep the Official FB page going as well.. Bernie wondered about that when he called the other day...