[meteorite-list] Richard Norton

From: Matthias Bärmann <majbaermann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:55:13 +0200
Message-ID: <080941ECF58C437E99972098C1FCFC94_at_thinkcentre>

Anne, list, dear Dorothy Norton,

Richard Norton wrote popular books, understandable also for non-scientists,
which at the same time were scientifically absolutely state-of-the-art - a
very, very rare gift. He made the best of it.

With many thanks,

RIP Richard Norton , -

Matthias Baermann

----- Original Message -----
From: <Impactika at aol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; <carionminerals at wanadoo.fr>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:56 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Richard Norton


> Hello List-Members,
>
> Late last night I received a very sad email from Dorothy Norton.
>
> Richard Norton passed away last week, after a long illness.
>
> I had known fot quite some time that Richard was in poor health, still the
> news of his death came as a shock. Last time I called Dorothy, I heard
> piano
> playing in the background, Chopin and very good, I thought it was a CD
> playing or the radio, but Dorothy told me it was Richard, and we stopped a
> moment to listen, it was beautiful, I had no idea Richard was such a
> virtuoso.
> I had met Richard and Dorothy several years ago in Tucson, Thanks to
> Twink.
> I was very much a new comer then , and I found Richard to be bright,
> friendly, funny and so approchable. I still remember showing him a slice
> of
> Tafassasset, he looked at it with his loupe for quite a while, then told
> me that
> this meteorite left him speechless. Dorothy laughed, apparently Richard
> was
> rarely speechless.
>
> And now there is that great big hole in the middle of the Meteorite
> Community.
>
> Please read the obituary written by Dorothy and Joel Schiff:
> http://www.impactika.com/rnorton.doc
>
> I do know that Dorothy reads the List, so feel free to send her a message
> this way. Or, if you prefer, I'll be glad to relay your private message to
> her.
> Thank you.
>
> Anne M. Black
> http://www.impactika.com/
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
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Received on Wed 27 May 2009 04:55:13 PM PDT