As familiar a lament as this is, this post will repeat it.

Roy Hargrove had his own distinctive sound
and by the standard of sound he was reliable and exemplary.

By sight, it's something else.
I have seen numerous photographs of his face
through his short life, in the past days of
reports following his recent demise.

Some of those photographs do not, I mean do NOT,
look like the same man, and they are not that many years apart.

Questlove, the drummer for The Roots, posted a Tweet
that praised Roy Hargrove to the skies.
A photography was included.
The face was young, unlined, and lean,
just as young Roy Hargrove was slight of build.

By some news reports featuring interviews with management,
Hargrove required dialysis for the last thirteen years.
That means he was under forty years of age
when he first was prescribed dialysis.

And sure enough, the face went all puffy, not to mention the lines.