[Leica] We're losing a LUG member

[Adam Bridge]

Thank you for sharing this link, Brian. I knew he had done it, but didn’t have a link.

There is a wonderful humanity to this work which he practiced in person. When I fell and broke my leg, requiring a revision of a hip replacement, Steve was a daily visitor to the UCD Med Center until I was sent home. And then he came to visit me at home.

His last months were achingly lonely - he had to give up his beloved dog Boo - that was an awful day.

His disease stole his vision, his mobility and, ultimately, his ability to interact and appreciate the world. Tonight his room is filled with the music he loved and those who loved him.

I will print and share with his family the LUG’s thoughts. Many of you are known to his family if not by face then by name.

What a great group the LUG is.

Adam

> On 2020 Jan  10, at 5:26 PM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
> 
> Steve Barbour has been for decades a beacon of life and light to the LUG and to the many people whose lives he touched. He joined the LUG in early January 2001. His passing is a loss to the whole world. I already miss him.
> 
> If you haven't seen his book "I never wanted to be famous" (Photographs of children in the hospital) you must.
> 
> (https://www.blurb.com/b/186890-i-never-wanted-to-be-famous)
> 
> 
> 
> On 2020-01-10 2:41 pm, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
>> Hello fellow LUGers,
>> Many of you know Steve Barbour, a long time member of the LUG. You
>> probably remember his wonder series of photos of children being
>> treated by Steve when he was in practice down in Phoenix.
>> Sadly, Steve is suffering from terminal Parkinson’s Disease which has
>> progressed with extreme rapidity. He is currently in hospice at the
>> University Retirement Community here in Davis, CA.
>> Steve isn’t really in contact with the world now. He’s slipping away
>> quickly. But his family wanted the LUG to know that you might remember
>> him in his final hours.
>> I’m sure many have fond memories of Steve, his passion for
>> photography, for France, for his dogs, for his patients. He became a
>> good friend. I’ll miss him.
>> In the meantime, do remember Steve in whatever fashion you might wish.
>> Adam Bridge
>> Davis, CA
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