[meteorite-list] Richard Norton

[dave carothers]

My sincerest and deepest sympathies to the Norton family.

Richard.... Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.  You will be 
remembered.

Dave

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Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:56 PM
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

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