I just got back to the house, and was checking my private messages. The first one I saw read, "Lonny Robinson/BANKER", and I immediately thought it was a private message from BANKER, and I couldn't wait to read what he had to say. However, at the same time my phone was ringing, so I answered it. It was JESSE, and he told me that BANKER had passed away. When I went back to reading the private message, I saw that it was sent to me by lijol telling me the same thing. I don't think I have ever had the emotion of happiness turn to sorrow so quickly in my life.
For those of you, who never met Lonny, he was a wonderful person and very smart. He almost always had a smile on his face. It was fun to be around him. Lonny had a great sense of humor, and was as witty as can be. I never saw him get angry at anyone or about anything all the years he played trivia with us at T.G.I. Fridays. Everybody liked him.
I can see him sitting down at the bar next to me, extending his arm to me, shaking my hand, and saying "Hey, Cloudy, how's it going?", before logging his playmaker on.
What a sad day this is. Of course this is a sad day for his family and loved ones, but it's also a sad day for his friends, who will never be able to see him again.
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