I was very fond of Billy and will miss him a lot. It’s comforting to know that Billy’s spirit will live on in his wonderful books. In the Christmas carols, he always sang the part of the Myrrh king in “We Three Kings.” (“Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying”-he loved that line.) He also cooked the Christmas geese, which were always delicious.Ī few years ago Billy visited us in Rochester and gave a talk at a nearby school we went along to hear it. Billy’s presence always added an extra level of fun and excitement. Some of my happiest memories are of gatherings with Billy and others in Urbana at Christmas time, with various assortments of friends and relatives. He would always compliment me and extol my virtues he always found ways of making me feel good about myself. Whenever I met him he always showed great interest in what I was doing. He was also extremely sensitive and considerate. He had an incredible variety of interesting experiences in his life, and he told about them with color and panache. He was perhaps the most entertaining person I’ve ever met.
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