Sad news that I found out that my first "The Skipper" John Valentine died last year, January 2018.
His obituary tells some basic info:
https://www.mcnuttfuneralhome.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=2876469#/obituaryInfo
I have a longer and fuller story to share about this fine man, who I was lucky to have as a friend and client for a number of years. He was one of the first people I met when I went on my own as a lawyer in 1996. He must have seen something in me, as I did in him.
He was a decorated war hero from the Vietnam War. He made and lost a fortune several times over. He had a way of telling you the coolest stories without making you think he was bragging or puffing. He was a polo player, he did business all over the world, he had a chateau in Bordeax, France. In that way he inspired me to live more authentically.
I also thought of him as the original Most Interesting Man in the World. In that respect I was lucky to have known him. I think that it probably the highest compliment that anyone could give.
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