another reason to live your life like each day may be your last, never met the man but had several conversations with him, sounded like a real "American" to me, loved his family, country & friends and his sport of "off roading".
my deepest condoleances to his wife Beth, was great you could spend the last moments of his life with him, thats a privalage most don't get.
his vessel may be gone but his spirit will live on forever, hope to see him on the great trail of eternity when my time comes.