Russ Flanagan Tribute

Boy, how many memories do I have of Russ? We worked together for a year or so at Recorder Newspapers in Chester, where I am still an editor. We goofed around so much, that our desks had to be separated! Just like in grammar school! We'd make prank phone calls during lunch, and once, we both attended a Carrie Fisher lecture at a local hotel. Both of us got our picture with Princess Leia, and he was thrilled! We always talked politics, movies, and our respective collectibles. He had all the old Star Wars figures- the originals- and I do too, so we had a lot in common right away. I've still got a picture in my office of my wife, myself, my then 2-year old daughter and Russ all standing in my office. We had lost touch over the past few years, but he would call now and again, and it was always as if not a day had passed.