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May 12, 2004
Glenn
Yves' entry today hit me hard; I hadn't realized that it was three years ago today. Our former coworker and friend Glenn Bickford, a brilliant artist and total sweetheart, tortured by demons most of us can't even imagine, took his own life. At 27.
He had moved down to Florida for some reason; his roommate called me because I had somehow remained in his address book. I spent one of the most miserable days of my life traipsing all over town to break the horrible news to everyone, and trying to arrange a caravan up to Nashua for the wake. Just an awful time.
Glenn came in to HBS on Thanksgiving one year, when the store was closed, and spent all day hanging up Christmas decorations. Thankfully, that January, we forgot to take one snowflake down. Naturally, it's still there.
Wish you were still here, GB.
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i found you through Yves blog, which i found through google, searching for any information on Glenn... i guess you would call him my step-cousin [his step-mother Joyce is my aunt from my dads side].
The only time i ever remember seeing him was at his brothers wedding, which i was probably only ten or eleven for [i turned eighteen a month ago].
i didn't realize how long ago the funeral was until i saw your and Yves' posts. The funeral had such a tremendous impact on me even though i didn't know him at all. i remember after seeing his artwork and hearing about him, how i felt like i had lost someone very amazing that i had never even met.
On wednesday, the 12th, my mom mentioned Cooper Union as a potential art school, and noted that it was also where Glenn went. [i believe the date was coincidence, i don't think she remembered what day it was]...
Almost immediately afterwards, i searched his name online [which i also did after the funeral]... Before this 12th i had no idea what day, or even month, it was that he had died.
i ended up here and on Yves' blog. So, hello i guess. i live in Reading, but every few weeks or so i manage to get into Boston. There's a chance i've probably seen you in HBS one of the times i've been there.
i remember that Glenn's birthday wasn't long after he died, that it might have been the saturday five days later that he was going to turn 28? If i am correct i guess that would make today his 30th birthday.
- nate
[ aim: timexheater ]
Posted by: nathan trites | May 17, 2004 03:48 AM
I was really close to Glenn in High School, he was my prom date (funny, can you picture Glenn at the prom). I only saw him once since high school and was a little surprised to see just how down he had gotten. I was sad, but unfortunately, not surprised to hear about his death. I still think about him from time to time (obviously enough to search his name on the web and find this). he was a person that I shared some of the best conversations of my life with. He was such a talented artist. I'm sad that he didn't have a chance to expereince more in life, and very sad that more people won't have the opportunity to get to know someone as smart, creative, sensitive and open minded as Glenn. I've never met anyone quite like him. Nice to see that others still have good memeories of Glenn.
Posted by: Sara | May 28, 2004 02:23 PM
