From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V6 #173 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Thursday, August 16 2007 Volume 06 : Number 173 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:38:38 EDT From: RossNTeka@aol.com Subject: Re: seven-seas Re: Ross Attenborough, A.K.A. Trippinout Thank you! He loved this corresponding with people from this website. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:40:07 -0400 From: "David Whiting" Subject: Re: seven-seas-digest V6 #171 I'm very sorry to hear of your loss, but thank you for sharing a beautiful remembrance with us. It sounds like Ross embodied the best of what has made the seven seas list such an enduring community. My thoughts and best wishes go out to you and your son. My father died when I was 9 and though it was bumpy at times, my Mother's love carried us through. I'm sure you will do as well. All the best. David > ======================================== > Message Received: Aug 16 2007, 04:15 PM > From: RossNTeka@aol.com > To: glidesonic@aim.com > Cc: seven-seas@smoe.org > Subject: seven-seas Re: Ross Attenborough, A.K.A. Trippinout > > Dear Friends, > > On the morning of August 11, 2007, Ross Attenborough, A.K.A. Trippinout > passed away in his sleep. He had a heart attack, but did not suffer. He > had > just turned 46 on August 9th. He is survived by his wife, Teka and his > son, > Austin age 8. > > I am so grateful for the times we had even though it was short. We met at > Chapman University in 1986 and became fast friends for a few years. We > started dating in October 1991 and eventually got married in December > 1996. We had > Austin 2 years later in June 1999, a date the he had picked since I had to > be induced. We would have been married for 11 years in December, but were > together as a couple for 16 years. Like most married couples we had our > share > of ups and downs. However, we knew we were it for each other. We loved > each > other warts and all!! > > The legacy that he leaves behind is his passion for music. Underneath it > all he was a Dead Head and his favorite band was Echo and the Bunnymen. > Will > Seargent was his favorite guitarist. He even got to spend some time with > him > last year when they were here in the US and he played at the Galaxy > Theatre. > He was working part time at the theatre because he wanted to be around > live > music and meet old and new bands. During the day he worked for State Farm > Insurance as a litigation specialist and was a tough and shrewd > neogotiator. > His greatest regret was not going into the music world professionally. > > Ross accomplished so much in the short time he was here with us. He > climbed > the pyramids in Egypt before they got closed to the public. He went to > Cambridge University to study for a while and he travelled to Japan. He > graduated from Chapman University with a Bachelors of Science in Finance > and a minor > in Theology. He actually graduated Cum Laude, with honors. > > He was very close to his parents Ed and Elaine and always called his mom > everyday to tell her he loved her. You can always tell how a man is going > to > treat his wife based on how he treats his mother. He treated her like > gold! > > Having Austin was the crowning achievement of his life. He loved Austin > with everything he had and then some. He would tell Austin "I love you big > much". He would have his arms spread wide open to quantify it so Austin > could > understand his father's love for him. > > He volunteered at our church and taught junior high Sunday school. His > passion for the kids was very evident by the amount of time he spent with > them. > They just loved him!!! He was Mr. Ross to them. > > I liken Ross' life to that of a very bright star that burns out much to > quickly. I will miss him so much. He made me laugh everyday we knew each > other. > His humor is what drew me to him and made me give my heart to him. He > taught me so much about music that I never would have ever known. The last > concert he went to last month was a Bob Dylan at the Pacific Amphitheater. > He > told me he could have died and gone to heaven. Wow!!! > > The last six weeks of his life he was the happiest. He lived his life on > his terms and very much to the fullest. I am taking comfort in the fact > that > he is with the Heavenly Father and he is at peace finally. He will be > greatly > missed by those that he touched. > > Please keep us in your prayers as I have the daunting task of raising > Ross' > son and turning him into the man he would have wanted him to be. > > Many blessings, > > Teka and Austin Attenborough > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:10:59 EDT > From: RossNTeka@aol.com > Subject: Re: seven-seas Re: Ross Attenborough, A.K.A. Trippinout > > Thank you very much! > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * > > ------------------------------ > > End of seven-seas-digest V6 #171 > ******************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V6 #173 ********************************