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Very sad news. My sincere condolences to his friends and family.
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Dec 13, 2006 - 10:06 PM
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Hellstrom
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I wish to echo the feelings of dismay at Guy Mariner Tucker's untimely demise. I didn't know "H. Rocco," Guy's internet alter ego, but I did know Guy, who first wandered into our Bay Cities offices in 1990. A talented writer, as well as being a film and music enthusiast, Guy helped raise the level of discourse at Soundtrack! magazine, and later at Film Score Monthly. His reviews were always perceptive, his opinions debate-and-thought-provoking. He hailed from New York, but lived briefly in California during the early 90s. He tried his hand at writing for the screen, but preferred in the end, to travel, and his frequent trips to Japan, which introduced him to many of his filmmaker heroes, resulted in his book, published in 1996, entitled "Age of the Gods - A History of the Japanese Fantasy FIlm." It is, as you would imagine, an extremely detailed foray into that much misunderstood world. Later he lived and worked in Florida, where he kept in touch with his film music friends by computer. Some kind of falling out ensued as "H. Rocco," and around six years ago he ceased posting on the internet altogether. He moved back home to Brooklyn, and after his father died he kept his mother company and tried to find himself again in a new career. He telephoned me often, and most recently, about six weeks ago, worried about his impending fortieth birthday. Guy was always worried about time passing, about life slipping by, about a perceived lack of personal accomplishment. His story is a common one in modern America - a talented person tries to go it alone, and founders along the way. Like so many of us, it was always difficult for Guy to get beyond the demons that came often and savagely, beating on his door and clawing at his self-esteem. Like all brilliant people, he wasn't easy, but he was singular. Someone who in his own way left an indelible mark.
No need to worry anymore about that fortieth, Guy, you can live on now, forever young, full of yet-to-be-fulfilled promise.
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Not to be insensitive or speak ill of the dead ,but I seem to recall (and I could be mistaken and if I am please forgive me..)
But wasn't he also DANIEL2?
Ford A. Thaxton
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I'm very sorry to hear this. He was a terrific writer with a lot of great ideas.
Lukas
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I'm going to assume that my assumption was correct, and having said that, I will say this... It's so ironic that people like Guy who obviously had enormous talent, die so young, and someone as worthless as me, lives on and on and on. Doesn't make sense, does it.
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I'm going to assume that my assumption was correct, and having said that, I will say this... It's so ironic that people like Guy who obviously had enormous talent, die so young, and someone as worthless as me, lives on and on and on. Doesn't make sense, does it.
I'll say a prayer for his soul tonight, hoping that he finds the peace and happiness in the next life that it appears to have eluded him in this one.
Ford A. Thaxton
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Condolences to his family and friends.
Too young to rest eternally...
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