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      <![CDATA[Ok, here goes..It was nellis' birthday last year and he was alone. He called Paul when I was over and asked to meet us for a drink at a local sports bar. I was totally up for that cause he was my favorite friend of Pauls. At first he seemed depressed, last job did'nt work out...b-day blues..who knows. Once we started to talk for a while a light when on in both he and I. We stayed for hours, laughing, being silly, and of course, he loved to make plans, so he decided I should star as Martha in "Virginia Wolf". He also kept asking me to show him my boobs every twenty minutes. We laughed so much that day, and I knew he was full of joy..the thing is so was I. It was one of the best days I had had in years. I thank him for that from the bottom of my heart. I'll never forget it. This boy brought out the best in me from the get go. Thank you Jim for being so eloquent in your story..it was moving, funny , and sad. I had the lovely opportunity to see Nellis in the hospital a few days before he departed this strange and wonderous world we call earth...He was awake, holding court, and havin a bang up time knowing the outcome anyway. What a person I was priveleged to know. Thank you God. Kimberly Johnson
        
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      <![CDATA[Very sad.  I went to Calaveras High School with him and even though have lost touch with so many I remember him very well....if there ever was a great class clown it was him.
        
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      <![CDATA[I knew Nellis when I was just a kid out of high school.  I had the wonderful fortune of working in a pizza joint in his home town with him for 2 summers after he got out of the Navy.  I believe I shared my first beer drinking, getting toasted, all nighter with Nellis and many others.  I have never forgotten his wit, sarcasm and generosity over the years.  Nellis was a passionate man and above all a kind and funny.  I'm sure wherever his travels took him throughout the years, he made an impression (some good and some bad...hee hee hee) on all of those that crossed his path.  Here's to you Nellis...for corrupting one more teenager and sharing a drink.......RIP my dear, you'll be missed by many.<br />
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      <![CDATA[Nellis was witty and charming 'til the end.  I had the ineffable experience of sharing a room with him in a treatment center in the days before he checked out.  The last night that he was there, he was audibly uncomfortable, and in a way that I can't now justify, the compassion that I felt toward this fellow suffering man was alloyed with traces of irritability at that moment for not being able to sleep in Elysian peace; the next morning, he was gone.  Everyone asked how/where he was, for in such a short time he had made such a profound impression on all whose paths he crossed.  I went to see him on Thursday, the day that I got out, at the hospital where he was initially transferred to, but learned that he had been discharged the day before...<br />
What a man!  What a loss!! I will never forget sharing what were to be his last days with him.  Fuck.<br />
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      <![CDATA[Thanks for posting this, Brendan, and for writing it, Jim.  Nellis was a one-off and a beautiful guy and I loved him.  Love him.  Miss him.
        
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