I was surfing the dashboard and saw Jason Sardi’s post Rest Still, Uncle Bill. There was a time when I was glued to his blogs and comments, and he never failed to amaze. He is not often on AR now, so, I clicked, expecting to be thrilled, but he came with shocking news of Bill Archambault’s passing.
Jason said Bill was a family to him. I felt pretty much the same way.
Bill is without a question one the brightest minds on AR. His blogs were not the easy reading, and they were so difficult to comment on without turning shallow. George Suoto was very good at maintaining the line of conversation. I was not good at that, and often struggled trying to find words. I am struggling with words here trying to describe what I feel, and I am failing miserably.
There is no shortage of smart people around. Bill was not in this category. He had the depth of knowledge that could stun you. He was a thinker… A he was a great man. And that mean integrity, his fascination with the love of his life, Brenda. He was not writing about her, but the way he would mention her in the comments, showed love…
We are very close in age, he is only couple of years older than me, and I was hoping to one day to meet him, when he would come to Florida to visit his parents. I believed he had terrific genes, and the sad news came shockingly unexpected…
Bill was one of my most loyal supporters on AR, which was always so flattering…
Jason wrote that he loves Bill “in the most manly sort of way”.
Me, too…
It is a very sad day for me… I am sure this is a very sad day for anyone on AR, who knew William Archambault, Jr. , a brilliant man...
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