>>>>I'm afraid it's the worst sort of news. Jim passed away., I don't know the exact date, but the apartment building superintendent thinks it was cancer.
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>>>>Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news. I know we are all going to miss his crusty ways.
>>>>
>>>>Alan
>>>
>>>Is this Jim?
>>>
>>>http://www.cnfa.org/uploads/Moldova/jim_nelson_and_orhei_fruct_cooperative_manager_copy.jpg
>>>
>>>Just poking around on Google and found it. Looks like him, but he's smiling, so I don't know... <s>
>>
>>Might be, but I only ever saw him in the flesh once. Mike would probably know better. I thought he was thinner than that guy.
>
>Someone should tell Mike Yearwood if he doesn't already know.

I emailed Mike and told him. I also asked if he knew whether Jim left any family. He said he didn't know but that Walter was close to him and might.