Give your dad a hug

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sorry brother…sucks :frowning:

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man that is horrible, i can’t even imagine… so sorry to hear bro

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Thanks guys, I am doing “ok”, trying to keep busy
I wrote him an obituary and while the paper didnt use exactly what I wrote it inspired them to write one-

http://www.buffalonews.com/obituaries/story/525441.html

the paper only prints death notices for people, it is up to the discretion of the Buffalo News who they deem worthy enough for a full obituary

So I thought that was quite cool, my dad would feel honored

The guest book also pretty much sums up what kind of guy he was, I wrote a entry today but it hasnt posted yet, still pending approval-

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Thought I’d open this thread back up for the reason of making sure you tell your loved ones you really love them and to give them a hug.
2 weeks ago Tuesday would have been the last time I was ever able to speak to my father. 59 years old and one absolutely amazing man that touched so many lives. I post this both because I am extremely proud of who my father was and the things he did for people. He will forever be my role model and if I could amount to half of what he did in life it would be an accomplishment to say the least.
I was sent this link from @rugsr about my father and figured I’d share it here as well.

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Sorry for your loss Yam, your father sounded like a great man and an asset to the WNY community and the hockey world. I’m going to give my dad a call today.

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Really sorry for your loss, I actually was walking into the church just over a week after the services for a service for a co-worker’s mother. The place was packed, and then I found out who it was…had no idea your father was Richie Dunn.

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Thank you. I start playing again tomorrow and for the first time ever on a team with my brother. Shitty part was I was excited he’d finally see us on the same team for the first time. I had a feeling he was equally excited.

Thank you.
Yeah, it turned out being a nice mass for him. Our family was more than blown away with the turn out at the wake. They ended up telling us it was the largest that’s gone through. They opened other rooms for the line to go through and my understanding was about an 1hr and 1/2 to see us.

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        @9c1ny I hope this wasn’t intruding on your post as I just found it fitting for the “Give your dad a hug.” I do hope things are going much better for you as well.
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sorry for your loss man : (
Hard to believe it’s been 8 years since my dad’s been gone, it gets easier although it really never gets better, still have a hard time realizing I will never see him again in this lifetime.
Haven’t been on the board in forever until I saw an email this morning. Losing my dad did inspire me to get out there in the world and get out of western NY. I’ve been living outside of Eugene Oregon for the past 2.5 years, own a home, drive a C6 Z as a daily, beautiful area, I am about an hour from the pacific ocean, have enjoyed zero sales tax , low property tax and 2 winters so far with ZERO snow!
I’m glad my post still resonates all of these years later

Again condolences Yam and for the rest of you guys give your dad a hug!!

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Ah, didn’t realize your dad was Richie Dunn. Sorry for your loss. I met him and skated with him in December at a Performax Hockey clinic with Frank Albert. (I think dre, (coldaccord) was there as well). If it means anything, your dad seemed to be a stand up guy and made time for everyone afterwards to hang out and shoot the breeze/sign stuff, etc.

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My condolences.

My father had season tickets back then, I watched your dad many, many times sitting in the orange seats at the Aud. :slight_smile:

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Always love hearing these stories. I could have stood at the wake for days listening to the stories people told me about my father. It’s things you never heard because they never boast about it. Just that they had a great time and little bits hear and there about what he did while at the events. I believe you may be correct, I thought dre told me he was at an event last year with him while I was playing on his team at Harbor Center.
It was his thing though for staying after, he knew how much it meant to people and he knew without those people he wouldn’t have the recognition or the NHL without them. He would sign every last autograph and stop to talk with anyone. To be honest, it actually sucked playing travel back in the day trying to leave the Pepsi Center. It’d take you an hour to get out the door because you’d run into someone every time you’d go to leave. haha He couldn’t just walk past them and leave.

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Thank you.
Those were some ridiculous seats to sit in. I remember walking up there at a young age and now looking back going, "How did no one ever trip and fall drunk down the stairs or over the seats then down to the lower level. haha

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I think people had fallen once or twice. My mom hated how steep it was. :slight_smile:

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Sorry for your loss. Sounds like he left a really great legacy behind.

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Thank you. In time I’m hoping to get more involved in some charity work. One of the charities he was helping out was for the Miracle League on Grand Island. It was a baseball diamond designed for special needs/handicap people. It is amazing to see the smiles this place has created and knowing the amount you can help in touching their lives.

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Sorry for your loss.