Subject: Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Amergin Date: 17 Jan 24 - 08:03 PM Hey everyone. We lost another one. Gary's nephew posted on his facebook page to let us know that he passed away. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Amergin Date: 17 Jan 24 - 08:04 PM There's no obit published yet, but I'll include it here when they post it. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Amergin Date: 17 Jan 24 - 08:05 PM From his page: "Good Evening Everyone, My name is Ian and I am Gary's Nephew. On Monday January 15th Gary passed away after a brief sickness. In the coming weeks I will be turning this account off and not placing it in Memorial. I thought i would post here as place that everyone could share a story. Once the Obituary (working on it ) is published i will share it here. Thank you Ian Owens" |
Subject: RE: Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Rapparee Date: 17 Jan 24 - 08:08 PM Aw, AW SHIT! |
Subject: RE: Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Amergin Date: 17 Jan 24 - 08:10 PM Rap, that's exactly what I said when his nephew posted. Gary was a good guy. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,BEER (Adrien ) Date: 17 Jan 24 - 09:00 PM A character for sure. Stayed at his home on one of my trips East Canada. Met him here years ago and always stayed in touch. Mudcat will miss him. Rest in peace buddy. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 Jan 24 - 09:00 PM I heard from his nephew on Monday that he was in palliative care. Gary was posting on FB last week, so whatever it is that carried him off took him very quickly, and I am hopeful that it was a peaceful and painless death. I asked Ian to give him my love, and I hope Gary could register that. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Severn Date: 17 Jan 24 - 09:37 PM Jan notified me as someone gnu talked about often we corresponded for years, and over the years, I had sent him music, movies and such. He would send me clips of music, silent comedy football etc. His loss hurts as he will be sorely missed by myself and his other friends.His prescence and sense of jump made him one of the most enduring and beloved posters on Mudcat and Facebook, for that matter. Off the people I talk with online and that I never got to meet, he ranks at the top. Rest in peace, my friend. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Megan L Date: 17 Jan 24 - 10:14 PM Good bye dear friend |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST Date: 17 Jan 24 - 10:24 PM Darn. I enjoyed him. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Janie Date: 17 Jan 24 - 10:36 PM Ahhh, Gnu. You crusty, funny, curmudgeonly, lovely old soul. Along with many others, I will miss you. May you rest in peace. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: JennieG Date: 17 Jan 24 - 10:55 PM We will miss you, Gnu. Go well. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 18 Jan 24 - 12:30 AM a good bloke |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Joe Offer Date: 18 Jan 24 - 12:32 AM We're gonna miss him. He was an important part of the life of our community. Rest in peace, gnu. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Little Hawk Date: 18 Jan 24 - 01:35 AM Dang! I've been away on Facebook for a few years now, and I just heard about this on that site. Another grizzled veteran of Mudcat has moved on to the Great Beyond. I'll miss him! Condolences to his family and friends from George in Ontario and Chongo in Chicago. - LH |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Dave the Gnome Date: 18 Jan 24 - 02:44 AM Bugger! :-( He was one of the good 'uns. Condolences to his loved ones |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Backwoodsman Date: 18 Jan 24 - 02:47 AM One of the Mudcat Greats. Very sad. Condolences to Gary’s family and friends. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,Freda Underhill Date: 18 Jan 24 - 03:44 AM I’m very sad he’s gone. He was intelligent and quirky. Goodbye, gnu. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: John MacKenzie Date: 18 Jan 24 - 04:11 AM We shared chats and PM's over many years and I will miss him. Many of you may not know that he spent several years caring for his old mum who lived nearby and I always admired his adherence to his filial duties, we should all have children like that to care for us in our old age. Journey on Gary, I'm sure you'll be rewarded in the next life. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,Mbslynne Date: 18 Jan 24 - 05:37 AM Oh no, that's sad. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Ernest Date: 18 Jan 24 - 06:53 AM Sad news indeed. We chatted together for a while in Johns private chatroom a few years ago (I remember him telling me that he was born in Saarbruecken - just a few 100 kms away from me - and also some funny story about a swan). Caring for his mum will surely be rewarded (although I presume he didn`t see it as such a burden). Rest in peace, Gary. Condolences to his family and friends. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: VirginiaTam Date: 18 Jan 24 - 07:05 AM GNU in Discworld (Going Postal, The Clacks coding) “G” means that the message must be passed on, “N” means “not logged”, and “U” means the message should be turned around at the end of a line. (This was also a realworld tech joke: GNU is a free operating system, and its name stands, with recursive geek humour, for “GNU’s not Unix”.) The code causes [the person's name] to be repeated indefinitely throughout the system, because: “A man is not dead while his name is still spoken.” GNU Gary Owens (aka Gnu) |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Bill D Date: 18 Jan 24 - 09:59 AM He once said to me.. "You're one of the good guys."...which, coming from Gary is a high compliment. We corresponded for so many years as he told many tales of his engineering days. I could type for an hour, but I'll just say: G'night Gnu |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jan 24 - 10:42 AM gnu's logged on posts and Guest, gnu posts. He talked a lot about caring for his mother (she lived next door) and he had a huge dog that used to feature in some of his stories. I was looking for the photo last night, it stood nearly as tall as he when on its back legs. He was in Facebook jail a several times because he spoke truth to idiots and the algorithms misunderstood (I'm guessing) idiomatic phrases. He loved it that time Amos arrived for a visit on one of his long long drives around North America. Lots of stories. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jan 24 - 11:30 AM P.S. if any of you chatted with Gary using Messenger accounts (he didn't have the app in a phone but used the FB feature on his laptop) you might want to download and save the content. Ian isn't going to memorialize his FB account so messages *might* also go away when it's shut down. The best way to do that is to use a computer, open messenger in a browser, select the whole thing and paste it into a Word or Text document. It will be long, but you'll have it. (We had a heads up today about Google deleting YouTube videos uploaded from dormant Gmail accounts - so if he posted videos you might want to find and download those also. The email account will go away after a couple of years with disuse.) |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,ChanteyLass Date: 18 Jan 24 - 11:39 AM Oh, this is depressing. I haven’t been on Mudcat for several years, but I have fond memories of this site, gnu, and many others. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Dave the Gnome Date: 18 Jan 24 - 03:46 PM VT, you reminded me of the joke that Gary loved. What noise does a gnu make? Bnag! |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: ragdall Date: 19 Jan 24 - 12:58 AM Very sad to learn of Gary's passing. Used to visit with Gnu on a chat a few years back. RIP GNU! rags |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,paperback Date: 19 Jan 24 - 09:55 AM Damn, so gnu finally made it above the line. Sorry gnu. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jan 24 - 10:25 AM Here's part of Gary's account of when Amos came to visit. And in irreverent remark about what to put on his gravestone. I've looked through his posts and pushed a couple of his musical and folklore topics to the top, as a nice reminder of his interests. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Waddon Pete Date: 19 Jan 24 - 10:51 AM Gnu was a special member of Mudcat and he will be missed for his pithy posts and contributions to our forum. I will, of course, be adding his name to the "In Memoriam" thread, albeit with a heavy heart. I also send my condolences to all those who know and love him. Rest well Gnu. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,Bat Goddess Date: 19 Jan 24 - 08:40 PM Gutted. I, too, will miss being tagged at Facebook with humor he KNEW I’d enjoy. We knew each other through Mudcat and Facebook and only spoke on the phone once — in a long, wonderfully rambling late-night conversation about Life, the Universe, Everything. He will most definitely be missed. Glad he was part of my life. Good bye, old friend. Linn |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Severn Date: 19 Jan 24 - 09:40 PM One of my favorite catters of all time. We corresponded in Mudcat, Facebook and through the postal service about humor, football, silent comedy films and more. His passing leaves a hole in most all our lives, as he touched the lives of most of us. Alas, though, I never got to meet him, a major regret. Rest in peace, old friend. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Nigel Parsons Date: 20 Jan 24 - 12:15 PM We regularly reposted each other's stuff on Facebook. Never a harsh word R.I.P. Gnu "GNU" Gnu. Goodnight, God Bless |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Rapparee Date: 21 Jan 24 - 10:09 PM I have no idea how to get him the Pete Seeger postage stamps I promised him. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Mrrzy Date: 22 Jan 24 - 10:23 PM Aw, so sorry. I missed this till news got to the Tavern. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 24 Jan 24 - 05:18 PM Gary's nephew has posted a link to his obituary on his Facebook account. In Loving Memory of Gary Owens 1957 - 2024 |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: keberoxu Date: 24 Jan 24 - 07:03 PM That's a beautiful obituary. Thanks for the link. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Rapparee Date: 24 Jan 24 - 09:20 PM Well, I've been missing him nine days now. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 24 Jan 24 - 09:57 PM I'll post the whole thing here in case the online site goes away after a while:
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Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Neil D Date: 29 Jan 24 - 08:19 PM I didn't know him as well as many here, but he had kind words for me when I went through my cancer ordeal back in 2008-9. RIP Gnu. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Janie Date: 31 Jan 24 - 01:55 PM Thanks for posting the obit. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,Guest olddude Date: 03 Feb 24 - 08:53 AM We would text every day. I will miss his humor and his stories about fishing. Very sad news . I wondered why his messages stopped |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Feb 24 - 11:45 AM Good to see you here, Dan. Yes, we're all feeling a bit of a message vacuum with his passing. Lately he'd been asking and I'd been posting the full text of US news stories for him because of the news blockage thing. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,Guest olddude Date: 03 Feb 24 - 07:15 PM He was a good friend to many of us. I will miss my buddy. Always wanted to hear about my Alaska hunting and fishing. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,freda underhill Date: 05 Mar 24 - 11:34 PM I’m another fan of Gnu - a lovely, talented, intelligent man and great company, as Jennyo and I discovered via the famous Mudcat Chatroom. I too have shifted to Facebook and kept on contact with him there. I share the sadness and admiration for him, and am glad there is a fitting Mudcat memorial to him via this thread and the links to his quirky humour. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,paperback Date: 06 Mar 24 - 06:16 PM You came for this song so it is proper to hear it one last time GarryOwen - Original Lyrics~7th Cavalry Regimental March Requiescat In Pace Gary Owen |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: John MacKenzie Date: 07 Mar 24 - 04:01 AM Today would have been Gnu's 77th birthday. Fondly remembered, G. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 Mar 24 - 10:50 AM I'm guessing that's a typo, John. He would have been 67. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: John MacKenzie Date: 08 Mar 24 - 04:53 AM It was a typo but according to FB it should have been 74,anyway no matter as long as he's remembered. |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: GUEST,paperback Date: 08 Mar 24 - 07:21 AM Joe Biden is building port Garryowen in Gaza Raise a glass of Molson to Gary Owen. Legend |
Subject: RE: 2024 Obit: Gary Owens aka Gnu From: Stilly River Sage Date: 08 Mar 24 - 11:33 AM Yes - our engineer friend would have enjoyed that news. |
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