Hi Guys,

Sorry to introduce myself in this fashion; long time lurker here and I was also a big fan of Rush's blog from the very beginning, commenting on there often. I just did a search on the name that I had from his old business site that I had bookmarked ages ago to see what he did with all those gemstones from those hilarious buying trips of his. Anyway the sad upshot of that is that I can confirm what bkkmfj said, there is indeed an obituary in the Modesto Bee dated Dec. 3, 2015 (3 days ago curiously) stating that he died Nov 23. There are enough other links to that named person to make me believe it was indeed him, including an article about his brother passing away from a motorcycle crash,(which he mentioned on his blog), and also a bit of a sad piece on his elderly mother, who he was primary caregiver for, and seems to have fallen through the family cracks temporarily with his passing.

RIP Rush.