I was a very close friend of Richard during our tour of duty in Korea . Richard’s sharp wit had a lasting impact on me and his creativity was obvious back then. He opened my eyes to many esoteric concepts. His musical tastes were anything but mainstream. He gave me an appreciation of jazz and blues as well as art. I lost touch with him about ten years ago and recently found out he died. I was trying to get in contact with him and read he passed away last year. He visited me in California before he moved to Japan. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. Ron Zundell