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Twenty years ago tonight, on a night far too much like tonight, a friend of mine boarded an airplane. Flight 1484 never made it to its final destination. Brad Stansberry had sat in the bus seat in front of mine for an entire summer as we toured with Star of Indiana in 1985. He truly was the nicest guy in the corps and he was more like me at the time than I ever wanted to admit. Brads passing made him one of the first contemporaries that I lost and at such an early age, 27. Since that night, Halloween has been very different for all of us. The bonds of the Star family have strengthened, tightened and brought us all together in body and spirit and when we are together, we hug, and hate to say goodbye. Brad is up there, shining down on us, watching over us. Tonight, when my workday is done, I will drive home in wintry conditions and raise an orange whip (or a reasonable facsimile) high into the air and toast Brad, not only because hes gone but because hes still the nicest guy and because he wouldnt have had it any other way.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 22:23:50 +0000

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