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Hello there!

David Kean asked me to post the following:


Hello all,
I want to let you know that a dear friend and ardent Mellotron aficionado
passed away this last Saturday.
Doug Ferguson was one of my earliest clients and, as happens so often in
this wacky business, became a close friend over the years. His fascination
for the Mellotron was true to both the idea of the design and the intention
of it's inventors, he commented frequently on how he wondered at the
engineering behind the instrument and whether the inventors realized how
much impact they would have on the music world.
Doug was responsible for introducing me to many of the more obscure bands of
the 70's that used the tron; Spring, Il Balletto, Wind, Lift, Celeste and
many others...his own music CD's showed up once or twice a years with tons
of great playing and the tron up front and center.
His support for other tron users was born out of both excitement for it and
, mostly, a need for friendship from like-minded individuals like
yourselves.
Spare a moment of thought for him, with an eye towards this rare common
ground that we share.
I'll miss him a great deal.
David T. Kean

The Obituary in the Ft. Worth paper:

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Douglas Wright Ferguson
1970 - 2002 View/Sign Guest Book
Douglas Wright Ferguson, 31, a loving son, brother and gifted musician,
passed away Saturday, Feb. 23, 2002, at a local hospital.
Memorial service: 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Congregational Church on Trail
Lake Drive in Fort Worth.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Tarrant County, P.O. Box 1504, Fort Worth,
Texas 76101.
Douglas Wright Ferguson was born Sept. 25, 1970, in Manhattan, Kan.
Throughout his brief life he faced and overcame many challenges that would
have defeated a person of lesser character.
He was loved by all who knew him and, through his music, by many who never
met him. He touched many lives. He was a longtime employee of Perotti's
Pizza, founder of the musical group "Ohm," and member of the local group,
"Yeti."
Survivors: Mother and father, Janna and Gary Ferguson; brother, Matt
Ferguson; grandmother, Anna Jo Moseley; and 15 aunts, uncles and cousins.