What a blow this is. I've known Jose since "the beginning". We have been frolicking since 1988 or so when I met him in a Spring class. My admiration for his gusto and generosity on the stage was deep and abided when we finally were able to play together at the Reunions. He has been my comrade in keto, in showboating, and in calamitous amounts of late-night drinking. (But he had a special potion which he marketed for a while and which he claimed eliminated hangovers. It didn't.) He and Robert Stevens were my roommates in 2015 and I must correct the record: Jose was put in the closet because HE snored, not us. Also, as an index to his selflessness, he volunteered to go into the closet, he wasn't compelled, and the closet didn't really help.

Jose and I chatted regularly throughout the zoomdemic. I will miss our late-night quaffing and planning future playdates and hearing the music of his laughter and the sonority of his profounder emotions. I loved the man: our universe shrank a little when he left it. My heart goes out to all of you who were closer to him than I was. He loved you all so much.

David

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 9:29 AM Robert Stevens <crstevens@gmail.com> wrote:

He did indeed do that.  Because of the snoring in the room itself.

R

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:57 AM Suhler, Jayne <jsuhler@mail.smu.edu> wrote:

You know a person's character by the way they treat their dogs, and Jose treated his like royalty, including his fat pit bull Tinkerbell. He made me laugh out loud and I’m filled with a deep sadness that he's gone. Jayne P.S. Didn’t he drag a mattress from one of the beds into the closet in ‘15? Voila. A room of his own.

 

From: Robert Stevens <crstevens@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 10:42 AM
To: Shakespeare Winedale Winedale <shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list@googlegroups.com>
Cc: SuDon <sudon@txbrode.com>, "winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org" <winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Winedale-l] Re: Jose

 

[EXTERNAL SENDER]

I have wonderful memories of Jose from our last in person reunion, including him sleeping in the closet because all of us that were his roommates were such loud snorers!  His was a warm wonderful soul, and he will be missed by all that knew him, I am sure.

R

 

On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 4:31 PM 'Alice Gordon' via Shakespeare at Winedale Email List <shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:

This is terribly sad news, Don. I’m so sorry you’ve had to carry it to us. Jose seemed always ready to share the light he walked in.

If anyone knows how to reach Jose’s family so we can send cards, it would be much appreciated if you could share it.

Thank you.

Carpe Diem.

Love,
Alice




> On Jan 17, 2022, at 4:45 PM, SuDon <sudon@txbrode.com> wrote:
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>> All,
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>> It is with a very heavy heart I share with you that Jose Hernandez has unexpectedly and suddenly passed away. 
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>> Winedale was an immeasurable part of Jose's life.  His family asked that this news be shared with the community.
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>> There will be memorial service details forthcoming.  Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts. 
>>
>> Don Brode
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>>
>> I am sorry if I have not used the most up to date or comprehensive listservs or groups.  Please reach out to me if I can amend.  And please share with others from Winedale if you believe they may not be included here.
>> Thank you very much.
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