I came on to find this thread and post a message about a high school friend, who I just found out had passed away..

Dennis C was a pal that I hung out with after high school and lost track of him a while back.

I found out that he had passed from another guy in our group, via an email from Dennis' old GF.

She managed to find out that Dennis had passed away and he was in the county morgue - awaiting a pauper's burial because no one knew where he was and no one had come forth to claim his body.

It was a sad ending for a guy who had a great life ahead of him.

He was the best looking guy from our group-We called him the 'Robert Redford looking (guy)' - he attracted all kinds of women and was on the way to becoming an lawyer.

Money and looks, not a bad combination?

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I came back to CA to take care of some loose ends when I got the word of his passing.

The email his old flame sent mentioned some photos that were taken at Magic Mountain - the huge theme park here in So Cal, a concert he attended (Roxy Music) and some of the other things he loved.

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I am currently staying at a hotel a stone's throw away from Magic Mountain at the moment.

Last night I walked into a store to grab some stuff to take back to the room and I gal wearing a t-shirt that said ROXY, ROXY, ROXY on the front.

Today I was at my storage unit getting the rest of my belongings packed so I could send them to KY.

My roomie told me that there were some loose albums on some boxes in the corner.

I picked them up and glanced at the album on the bottom and it was by Roxy Music.

The name of the album was "Avalon".

Avalon was a mythical island paradise in the story of King Arthur. Supposedly, KA went to Avalon after his death and, if it is a paradise island?

I hope my friend is there and is finally at peace with himself.

He was a troubled soul from the time I lost track of him and hoped he would appear again, better and free from the demons that haunted him.

In a way?

I guessed that he would never show up again.

But all these little 'coincidences' made me feel like he finally is resting.

I think he deserved that much from life.