it was very shocking to hear!!! i have never had a friend or anyone that i was remotely close to, die before..he was a nice person...the ironic thing is that i met him because of a bar fight that we almost got into with several other people..(almost an identical situation).something had happened to his girlfriend at a bar with some guys and she called my girlfriend.(they used to be good friends)..i was right up the road, so i stopped in..i was very huge at the time and not exactly sober.i was looking for trouble...he was there already and we ended up friends ...it makes you look back and see how stupid bar fights can be!!!! that could have happened to us a few years ago!!