Photo by Ron McKeown
It is with profound sadness and grief that we announce the loss of our dearest and most beloved friend, and Buddy Magazine Publisher Emeritus, Ron McKeown. He passed away yesterday afternoon at his home in Sulphur Springs of natural causes. At the urging of his friend and Buddy Magazine writer Lisa Dupre, he had gone to the emergency room several times this week for swelling in his legs and feet. Many friends were in close contact with Ron during this period, and monitoring his condition. After Lisa Dupre made an emergency call to his next door neighbor asking her to conduct a welfare check, he was found at approximately 8 P.M. on Thursday. He was 78 years old.
Ron donated his body for study at Southwestern Medical Center.
A public memorial and celebration of Ron’s life will be held at a future date, all details still to be determined. We will be following up with an expanded obituary covering his tremendous legacy in a special edition of Buddy Magazine.
Buddy Magazine would like to thank everyone who has reached out with their memories, condolences, and outpourings of love. He was truly loved by so many, and it shows. We hope you will all join us in the same spirit for his memorial celebration at Poor David’s Pub, in downtown Dallas, on Sunday, December 1st, from 2 – 5 P.M.. There is no charge to attend this event.
Rest in peace, Ron. We love you.
Facebook event information for Ron’s Celebration of Life
https://www.facebook.com/events/1048523290105505
