Awhile back I wrote a blog..STAGING FOR THE RICH AND FAMOUS, WILL YOU KNOW IT? I DIDN'T. I have repeated this blog below and you will notice that I never mentioned the client's name because I felt it was important to keep his private life, private. But tonight I heard the shocking news that this former client was found dead.  I want the world to know who he was and let everyone know he was a kind man and that he will be missed. He loved his family and the realtor that hired me loved him like a son, I am sure she is shocked and heart broken...TONIGHT WE MOURN ARTURO GATTI! A young life cut down in his prime.

It was less than a year ago I wrote this blog and he was excited about selling his home in NJ and moving out of state.

This is a little humorous story that I thought I would share with my fellow AR's. I just finished staging a home for a client as of yesterday and it was quite an experience. Let me backtrack a few days...

I met with the realtor last Friday as usual for my initial consultation. The seller answered the door, I introduced myself and proceeded with my walk through. He was following me around the house and I was telling him we need to take down these curtains, paint this, bring in furniture for that....such an oblivious stager, huh?? Hey I was just doing my job!

As you all know, my husband is a KEY part of my business as he heads up my contracting team. He was lagging behind on the phone with someone while I went on ahead.

I was about half way through with my walkthrough when my husband came over to me and said ..."DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?" I said WHO? To protect my client's privacy I cannot mention his name, but needless to say, my husband is a HUGE Boxing fan so he was thrilled to be in this gentleman's presence.

I WAS CLUELESS, DUH, What the heck do I know about boxing, well maybe I would have recognized Mike Tyson if he had answered the door. (it wasn't him).. My husband was like a little kid, it was quite amusing.

We got the job which involved lots of construction and then staging. When I placed the order at my rental company and they saw the lease agreement, the office began chatting. On the day of my furniture delivery, the delivery guys pulled up in the driveway and had smiles from ear to ear and could not wait to get inside to meet the "former champion of the world" (I did not say any names). It was amusing. BUT HE WAS NOT THERE, HE WAS AT THE AIRPORT. THESE GUYS WERE BUMMED. They wanted his autograph, I laughed and said to them...here I have it on the Lease Agreement, how much do you want to pay me for it?

The realtor called him and told them there were disappointed men here who wanted to meet him. He was very kind and said he would catch them when they picked up the furniture.

The following day my husband and I met with him to review his newly staged home (which he loved by the way) and to finalize some paperwork. When he heard about the delivery guys again he said he would love to meet with them and did autograph a dollar bill for them.

It was a fun job and NOW MY HUSBAND MAKES SURE HE COMES IN ALL THE TIME, GOD ONLY KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE I MAY HAVE MISSED