This is an article from The Costco Connection, the  magazine for Costco members. In addition to attracting new subscribers, this feature story stimulated phone calls and emails from a bunch of friends I hadn't heard from in many years.

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All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Brendan Behan,

Irish playwright