From PianoWorld - remember Monica Kern?

[George K]

I have no idea what made me think of her this morning. She we very active on PW before I left that forum. IIRC, she was a mod fora while as well.

RIP: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kentucky/obituary.aspx?n=monica-j-kern&pid=193807091

[Mik]

I do remember her. Sad, and much too young.

[George K]

There are no "pretty ways" to die.

Esophageal cancer is one of the "unprettiest," however.

[Jolly]

Esophageal varices ain't no picnic, either. Seen a lot of old drunks go that way.

Anyway...God Bless her family in their time of grief and sorrow. May she rest in peace.

[George K]

@jolly said in From PianoWorld - remember Monica Kern?:

Esophageal varices ain't no picnic,

The helmet! There's something I haven't seen in decades. Thank God for endoscopy!

[brenda]

@george-k Hubby's father died from it at age 59.

[Copper]

@george-k said in From PianoWorld - remember Monica Kern?:

I have no idea what made me think of her this morning.

Yes, Monica was terrific.

It is kind of weird that you thought of her this morning. It was a year ago this week that I thought of her and went to say hello and found out that she had passed 6 months earlier.

I had known she had the cancer, but didn't know the time had run out.

[mark]

Too young for sure. R.I.P.

[kluurs]

Sad...when I worked at the National Cancer Institute, I remember thinking that esophageal cancer was not a good "choice."

Yesterday, must have been a day for nostalgia. I was remembering Derrick. He worked for IBM, but dreamed of getting a job stocking shelves - and owned a Bosendorfer Imperial and had a cute cat. I don't think he's been on that forum for years. A couple of years ago, I tried to PM him w/o success.

[Friday]

I remember Derrick, but don't remember Monica. Was that the name she went by in PW?

[jodi]

That is so sad. Monica was active after we split from piano world (and the coffee room was no longer) I quit going there, so didn’t get to know her. Derrick had two names, he was active early on with the first one, (johnD, maybe, I can’t remember) then came back as Derrick.pretty sure he had a Fazioli at one point too, and I used to know his real name.

[taiwan_girl]

That is sad. I dont think I remember her, though the name does seem a bit familiar.