IT is with great sadness that I heard of the sad death of El Blondie tonight.   It's been years since I posted on this site having once been one of the proud co owners of the site with Dave and Tikay and others.  I had to re register in order to do so and apologies for not having the same username.  
Dave never sought to show just how good he was, or how superior a player he was.  He was a gentleman on and off the table.  He took and gave many beats with exactly the same amount of humility.  He was always a great ambassador for how the game should be played.  I had the great pleasure once to spend a week with him in the Turks and Cacaos Islands.  Actually Devilfish was there as well.   What a great Omaha game those two will be having now.    During the week we all went sea fishing.  I swear to you I have never seen a man with such a white body.   The glare was incredible.   We all took bets on how long it would take for him to get sun burned.  As we were all busy putting sun cream on it was already to late.  Less than 10 minutes.  He took it in his stride and caught the biggest fish.  Not for the first or last time.  
He encouraged new players. He spoke up when it was needed to protect the game he loved.  I just wish he had a few bracelets to show for his game. Judging by the heart felt messages on this board he has at least won the World Series of gentlemen poker players.  RIP
Denis O Mahoney.