Really made you think, didn’t it?
We live, we die.

My father died recently at the ripe age of 93. He had a very rich fulfilled life. Can we say that Dave had a rich fulfilled life passing on at a very youthful age of 39?

The very fact that we are all present at this moment to honor the spirit of David Paul Brown reaffirms this notion.

Dave’s entire life was really about people. He absolutely hated being alone. God knows he worked too hard, seven days a week, 10 hours a day, for four days as a talented graphic artist for Bashas and his own DP Design and the other three days as a sales person for the other artistic love of his life,
the comic book.

Dave always wanted to feel needed. He could not say “no” to people. He was loyal, to a fault. His very nature was to help others, be it the homeless, or to the children for their quest for comics and cards under his watchful eye on the weekends.

We only wish he would have taken more time to help himself. Ever the caustic and sarcastic pundit, I would chastise him about his………diet, and the minimal four hours of sleep he gave himself at night, but he could be…….
stubborn, as we all know.

Longtime Brown family friend Carla Carter told me that Dave told her shortly before he died that he had no regrets about his life. He was content.

I pray that Dave truly felt this way, because I regret, and I think we all should regret, that Dave wasn’t given a second chance, a second chance to do the things we all take for granted, to laugh, to love, to find that special someone to cherish into your golden years. But for David, It was not to be.

David was a believer in causes, emphatic about the ones that help people in need. Leading Dave’s list was the charitable organization ACTOR, a charity that benefits and supplements retired comic book creators. An art show benefit organized by Dave and held at our store last November generated over $1000.00 for the organization. ACTOR director Janine Bielski emailed us this after hearing of Dave’s passing…….

“I had the pleasure of working with Dave while he put together The Art of The Comic Book event to benefit ACTOR last year. He was a wonderful person to work with and will be greatly missed by us. His generosity and energy consistently inspired us and his dedication to our organization was greatly appreciated."

A fund is being set up at ACTOR to honor the spirit and commitment of David. Our goal is to generate $1000.00 in Dave’s name. We are accepting donations at our store, and I assure you, every penny you give will be donated in Dave’s name. Dave would want this, so do it for him.

To Harold, Sharon and Philip, we are truly sorry for your loss, and Marsha and I will certainly miss as I used to always call Dave “da Big Guy”.