Sad day.... I talked to GRITS wife today.
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Told her I would pass on the information
So I saw the post today about him passing away... it was a gut punch ....I had just talked to him last week and he was doing fine.
So I texted him to call me ASAP, hoping this was that other Grits that had been on here over the years
I was excited to see him calling me back, but I knew I had to be prepared to hear his wife's voice.
Sadly it was Dee.....she told me he passed away yesterday morning and he seemed to have a heart attack while out walking the dog before work. Said he was feeling ok by the time the ambulance arrived, but while at the hospital his heart stopped five times. They tried very hard to save him, but it wasn't enough. Very sad conversation indeed. Told her to let me know if they need anything and to keep me posted on services. She said they are going to cremate him and have a memorial sometime soon.
I met Jerry 20 years ago as we used to car pool to the National Sports grill in West Covina and talk Rams football the whole way there before the game and the whole way home I'd have to put up with his griping about a loss on the way home...good thing they started to win a lot more in1999.
This was taken right before Super Bowl 36, when we all thought we were about to witness a birth of a dynasty...Grits is the big guy in the Faulk jersey.
He recently told me he had told Shaky to delete his account because he was fed up with all the negativity he had come to see on here and is why you haven't seen him post in awhile, although he was still lurking as he would text me about things he could have only seen on this board.
I'm so glad that his beloved Rams gave him a season to remember and be proud about in his last year on this planet earth....only wish it would have ended better for him.
Rest easy my friend, you will be missed.
Jerry is truly now the Great Ram In The Sky.
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So I saw the post today about him passing away... it was a gut punch ....I had just talked to him last week and he was doing fine.
So I texted him to call me ASAP, hoping this was that other Grits that had been on here over the years
I was excited to see him calling me back, but I knew I had to be prepared to hear his wife's voice.
Sadly it was Dee.....she told me he passed away yesterday morning and he seemed to have a heart attack while out walking the dog before work. Said he was feeling ok by the time the ambulance arrived, but while at the hospital his heart stopped five times. They tried very hard to save him, but it wasn't enough. Very sad conversation indeed. Told her to let me know if they need anything and to keep me posted on services. She said they are going to cremate him and have a memorial sometime soon.
I met Jerry 20 years ago as we used to car pool to the National Sports grill in West Covina and talk Rams football the whole way there before the game and the whole way home I'd have to put up with his griping about a loss on the way home...good thing they started to win a lot more in1999.
This was taken right before Super Bowl 36, when we all thought we were about to witness a birth of a dynasty...Grits is the big guy in the Faulk jersey.
He recently told me he had told Shaky to delete his account because he was fed up with all the negativity he had come to see on here and is why you haven't seen him post in awhile, although he was still lurking as he would text me about things he could have only seen on this board.
I'm so glad that his beloved Rams gave him a season to remember and be proud about in his last year on this planet earth....only wish it would have ended better for him.
Rest easy my friend, you will be missed.
Jerry is truly now the Great Ram In The Sky.
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