Did we lose a DLer in the last hurricane?

Quote[Charles had absolutely no interest in professional or amateur sports. None.]

Haha that's a great line

Fuck that quoting rule.

Anyway, he looks much younger than 59 in that pic. If I die suddenly I'd like my family to use an older photo, claiming it's very recent.

At least he had a dramatic exit. RIP X

[Quote]I knew Charles from Lowes and Pavillon. I always looked forward to "bumping into him!"

Code for sex in the toilets.

[quote] Charles was intensely private, often knowing more about you than you might know about him

Sounds like my kinda guy!

[quote] Charles was a fabulous cook and baker, always experimenting with new recipes. Many of us were lucky to have some of the fantastic fare that Charles would just "whip up."

Greg?!?

He sounds like a lovely man who would have fit right in here, in any case. Great obit. RIP

I thought you were exaggerating OP, great obituary. There is no way he didn’t discover DL over the years as a Liz and Babs fan.

In addition to R1, tell us that someone is gay without telling us that they’re gay:

[quote] Charles cherished old family photos, furniture and anything silver.

I've never seen an obituary that is so gay without actually every using the word. Love it.

"He is also survived by his dearest and closest friend and confidant, Andrew Piloto of Escondido, CA."

"Charles will be profoundly missed by his loving family and all of the people he touched over the years, especially his dear friends at Pavillion, Lowe's Home Improvement and South Carolina Addiction Treatment." no mention of whether he worked at the treatment place or just wound up there often.

Truly the only thing missing from the obit is "He'd had sufficient."

Honestly, I'm saddened by this DLer's senseless death. I'd lay odds that the obit was written by "his dearest and closest friend and confidant, Andrew Piloto of Escondido, CA." Andrew, if you're here please say hello and have our sympathies.

Probably drowned while trying to rescue his Madam Alexander doll collection, while wearing a caftan.

He sounded like an absolutely delightful man. RIP

Very sad that he wasn't safe in his own home.

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He was loved. And his obituary makes it clear why.

He must have been beautiful inside and out.

How sad that he never escaped SC.

Aw. RIP Charles. He sounds like a legend.

He is definitely gay. I used to run into him all the time at JRs about 25-30 years ago. Haven’t seen him in many years. I knew little about his background or have forgotten him ever telling me. Very sad to see this morning. He had a very pleasant personality as I remember.

R16 - he only moved to SC in 2011. He lived in Escondido, CA before that - an inland northern suburb of San Diego which I would describe as hot, boring and charmless. SC was an upgrade from Esco.

Read the memory notes left on the obituary website. He was quite loved and admired. He was an addiction counselor who moonlighted at Lowe’s. The notes left do flesh out the main obituary quite nicely. A mensch.

May he rest in peace! What a delightful man I wish I had the pleasure to have known.

At least you could go to San Diego or the beach from Escondido. Greenville SC just seems like an inland hellhole with surprisingly bad traffic.

He sounds like someone who would be fun in small doses.

Sounds like a sweetheart and a DLer in spirit. What a freak way to go, a large tree crushing you in your own home.

I truly felt like, after seeing his mother's name as MARY that when I saw his aunt was named HELEN that it would be followed by Lawson. Great obituary, sounds like a good guy and a loss.

I hope Liz was waiting for him at the gates with a cocktail and some stories.

Do we know his favorite brand of mayonnaise? I’m thinking he prefered Kewpie, just to be a bit edgy.

Were his nieces ungrateful?

[quote] Charles had absolutely no interest in professional or amateur sports. None.

Oh, no...he was our Charles.

RIP

He was better than Greenville, fur sure.

Sorry— wiki link is unstable

[quote] Omg how will I eat lunch at 12pm on the dot shady lady I'm ready. The fact that he made me eat that nasty cheese lol.... he knew I hated it Man we just laughed on the phone days before if I knew that was the last time I heard you call me shady I would have talked longer I'm gone miss you so bad Yolanda

☝🏼😎

He had a pet giraffe? I wonder what's it's name was?

Seems kinda nice for a DLer.

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This undated family photo shows Charles Dean feeding a giraffe in Africa. (Courtesy Dean family via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS

This undated image provided by the Dean family, shows Charles Dean, who was killed after

Charles Dean loved living in his South Carolina neighborhood, with its manicured lawns and towering trees. It reminded him of his childhood growing up in a family that has run a lumber business since the early 1900s.

It was one of those giant trees that ended up killing him when Hurricane Helene whipped through Greenville last week and uprooted a red oak that crashed into his apartment.

But rather than discarding the tree, his relatives plan to use some of its wood to craft a beautiful bench, table, or other pieces of furniture and donate them to one of the drug recovery centers where Charles touched many lives, brother Matthew Dean said.

“Charles helped a lot of people who were alcoholics and drug addicts, and if there is something we can get out of this, is that there’s always hope. There is always hope,” he said.

Days of rain saturated the ground, and as the storm reached the Southeast it whipped up strong winds that uprooted trees and utility poles throughout the region.

Dean is among the more than 200 people confirmed dead in one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. Many died crushed by trees that fell on homes or cars. The dead in South Carolina include grandparents found hugging one another after a fallen tree killed them in their home and two firefighters who died when a tree fell on their truck.

As the storm approached on Sept. 27, Charles Dean texted his family to say he could hear trees coming down outside as Helene battered the town.

“In the middle of it now, scary,” he texted his brother Matthew and his sister-in-law, who were checking on him from 300 miles (480 kilometers) away in North Carolina.

“It’s like mom and dad’s old neighborhood trees, all old-growth trees, and they’re going down, frightening,” he added.

A short time later, the red oak, about 70 feet (21 meters) tall and 3 feet (1 meter) in diameter, crashed into the second-story apartment, killing him.

“We told him we loved him, and he said that he loved us, and that was the last message we had with him,” Matthew Dean said.

The oldest of five brothers, Charles Dean, 59, loved to travel and visited much of Europe. One of his favorite trips was a safari in Africa, but Spain was among the countries he loved the most.

The "tribute wall" from friends was really lovely. RIP Charles.

R34 be nice. As written, he made a lifetime best of life visit to Africa.

Lumber heir dies by tree.

Oh god this wasn’t Charlie was it!?

No, R40, this guy is young by comparison.

I Hope it was ‘’Oh Dear’’ The witch is dead.

No, R40, Charlie is older than that.

If this guy wasn't a literal DLer, he was one of us in spirit.

May he RIP.

Let’s do a quick roll call: Present.

Seriously, RIP. He sounds lovely and like he will be missed.

"Charles had absolutely no interest in professional or amateur sports. None."

OK now this just sounds like deliberate outing. May as well say "Charles loved the taste of another mans semen".

I’m still here.

[quote]He could tell you all about the British royal family, and everything about the royal jewels.

Oh no, was he the Tiara Troll?