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Sorry to hear this. Thanks for letting us know.
One of the best board user names and it was his real name too! I thought it was a gag! Like a Hardcastle and McCormick reference...
Lukas
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I had some breif plesant e-mail exchanges with Ron late last year. I sent him a score he had really wanted that wasn't released on CD. Sadly, he passed away without that ever happening officially, but at least for a few months before he died, he was able to have some joy of the score.
Rest in peace, Ron.
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Very sad news. I enjoyed his posts, and he seemed like an interesting chap. Rest in peace, Ron.
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His profile has a mini-autobiography in which he said he was starting to work on a memoir. I hope his friends were able to preserve whatever he had accomplished. Sad.
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I met him a few times up in L.A. We'd meet at Amoeba, go over the entire store, then go out someplace and eat, either Chinese, or deli, both of which he loved.
In person, he was extremely shy and retiring, and felt he had to be generous most of the time. He got involved with an elderly acquaintance, who had been consigned to a nursing home, and was bending over backwards to help this man with his banking and possessions, even to the point of renting a car to carry items to the Salvation Army.
Though he rented cars, he did not own one, preferring to use either public transportation, or ride his bicycle.
We exchanged a lot of e-mails; his would contain long descriptions of various of his romantic involvements, all long ago, mostly back in the 60's. He had worked for L.A.County in some capacity, and had retired, and taken Social Security early. Except for a brief period, I believe he spent most of his life in Los Angeles and environs.
He was passionate about films and film scores, but, though I offered to share lots of items, he tended to shy away from accepting anything, unless he could give something in return. He was often telling me to hold off on giving him something, until he could discover something he could get me.
Though I was in the vicinity a number of times, he never invited me into his home, finally confessing at one point that he was something of a hoarder, and was reluctant to let me see it. I encouraged him to do something once a day to relieve the pressure, which at one point he was planning to do, but I don't know how far he got.
Somehow, our correspondence waned, perhaps because I wasn't responding quickly enough. I know I sent him a long e-mail to see how he was doing, but, now that I see the date of his death, I fear I sent it several weeks too late.
I was shocked and saddened to learn of his death, and can only wonder what caused it. I have checked Google, but the only reference I could find was the short blurb referred to in this thread.
He was a sweet soul of a man, and, like many such, deserved more happiness than I fear he ever found. Sometimes he appeared quite lost in this hurrying world. I am glad he was at least able to find pleasure in music and films, and seems to have had a massive collection of just about everything, with the various versions of films, from VHS to DVD to Blu-Ray, all together.
I wish him well, and always have.
Heaven rest him.
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Touching tribute john.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 2:27 AM
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manderley
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It's now the early hours of Monday morning here in Los Angeles and I've just logged onto the internet and discovered this very sad news.
Other than passing times on the Board in various threads I never had any close interactions with Ron, but I enjoyed his posts very much, and could see in the threads he joined that he was, as everyone has said, passionate about whatever he covered with his comments.
His tales about his long friendship with author Christopher Isherwood and his artist partner Don Bachardy were very interesting to me, particularly in that Ron had apparently posed for Bachardy at various times. Even from his very limited photos this led me to believe that, in his day, Ron was probably a very sexually handsome man.
As he has indicated, John Archibald spent some occasional times with Ron here in LA, and, because John is a very good friend, I was able to hear his positive comments about Ron from time to time.
This kind of news is always particularly shocking, not only for the sudden way in which it happens, but also because he was one of us---an FSMer. It is also shocking for me because Ron was about 3 years younger than I am now. Sadly, you never really know when you'll play your last soundtrack album, so I guess one of life's lessons is to enjoy each and every listen to its fullest.
RIP Ron Hardcastle
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