I last saw Nick a couple of years ago and knew he was not well. He had been hobbled with a bad leg a few years ago, which was the reason he stopped performing, I'm told. He and my wife were both children of Coronado Navy Captains and I had the chance once to thank him for introducing me and a lot of my friends to music, back in the late 1950's. When I told him how much it had changed my life, he replied, "Yeah; and wasn't it a gas?"

Bob Shane is living in the Phoenix, Arizona area, I believe. When Nick was well, he and Bob conducted an annual folk music camp down there. The late John Stewart was a semi-regular at the event. Now, we're down to one of the original three. Bob, the last time I saw a picture of him, appeared to be on oxygen and not in the best of health. Nick was the eldest, I believe he was around 74. Too young. Deepest condolences to his family and friends.