05-08-2022, 06:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-08-2022, 06:43 PM by Drunk Monk.)
One of my dog park friends, Susan, Georgie’s mom, overheard my mention of the ocean view death. She said ‘wait - you neighbor was Buck Noe?’ Turns out her sister dated Rick back in the early 90s. She knew Buck as a kid and filled me in about Rick.
Buck never talked about his dad. He only said he didn’t want to be like him. Rick was also an alcoholic. Susan said he fell off the wagon after a long abstinence, drove drunk and hit someone that had to be life flighted to the ER. He never found out if that person survived and out of guilt, drank himself to death. Buck found him dead in his bed.
Buck’s mom abandoned him at age 3. I had heard the left when he was young. Susan said she heard that Buck was crying in the street watching his mom drive away.
Buck’s mom was also a surfing champ, and now lives in Hawaii. She wants Rick’s and Buck’s ashes but Chelsea wants them to remain in the Cruz where they were both celebrated surfers. Rick’s ashes are in Buck’s house, which I’m looking at through my living room window right now as I post this. Chelsea hasn’t been allowed to view Buck. He may be cremated before she gets the chance.
It’s all so heartbreaking. I hope Chelsea gets what she wants. She did so much for Buck, trying to help him through, plus she’s the mother of his son.
Remind me to tell Susan’s story because she just had some trauma too.
Buck never talked about his dad. He only said he didn’t want to be like him. Rick was also an alcoholic. Susan said he fell off the wagon after a long abstinence, drove drunk and hit someone that had to be life flighted to the ER. He never found out if that person survived and out of guilt, drank himself to death. Buck found him dead in his bed.
Buck’s mom abandoned him at age 3. I had heard the left when he was young. Susan said she heard that Buck was crying in the street watching his mom drive away.
Buck’s mom was also a surfing champ, and now lives in Hawaii. She wants Rick’s and Buck’s ashes but Chelsea wants them to remain in the Cruz where they were both celebrated surfers. Rick’s ashes are in Buck’s house, which I’m looking at through my living room window right now as I post this. Chelsea hasn’t been allowed to view Buck. He may be cremated before she gets the chance.
It’s all so heartbreaking. I hope Chelsea gets what she wants. She did so much for Buck, trying to help him through, plus she’s the mother of his son.
Remind me to tell Susan’s story because she just had some trauma too.
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