LARRY MINICK
Ah . . . Larry! I spent many, many, hours in his shop, many more on the 405 driving to and from - and not a few at his dinner table when he decided traffic was too bad for me to drive home. He worked really, really, hard at projecting a pseudo-grumpy carapace that masked a huge heart of gold.
I was a wet-behind-the-ears kid when we met, but he always treated me like a professional. I met many future colleagues in his shop as well as future repair-tech giants, Bob Malone and Don Sawday, who both at one point could be found sweeping his shop as apprentices – old school!
Rich Bullock, I think, still has a horn Larry built from scratch for me; other folks have some of my "frankenbones" he "re-animated."
I was honored to play at his memorial. RIP my friend.
Les Benedict had a lovely memorial post on his blog here: https://tinyurl.com/yy7dk55h.
Great man. Great mind. Great friend!
You can see Larry at work in this film.
I was a wet-behind-the-ears kid when we met, but he always treated me like a professional. I met many future colleagues in his shop as well as future repair-tech giants, Bob Malone and Don Sawday, who both at one point could be found sweeping his shop as apprentices – old school!
Rich Bullock, I think, still has a horn Larry built from scratch for me; other folks have some of my "frankenbones" he "re-animated."
I was honored to play at his memorial. RIP my friend.
Les Benedict had a lovely memorial post on his blog here: https://tinyurl.com/yy7dk55h.
Great man. Great mind. Great friend!
You can see Larry at work in this film.