Per Byron Braniff: Bad news about Dave Ketcham. Dave shot himself on April 30,1996. He had been suffering from terminal hepatitis and a bad liver, both probably as a result of his lengthy battle with alcoholism. At the time he became sick, he a good job in computers with Comsat but eventually could not work, his marriage broke up, and he moved in with his mother in Southern Pines, N.C. After Crossland, Dave and I went to school together in Munich, Germany. Although we had not been in contact for 20+ years, we have many mutual friends and one of them saw Dave shortly before his death. He is the one that gave me the information.
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Richard Porter
DAVE, I BARELY KNEW YOU IN SCHOOL. I AM ALWAYS SADDENED TO LEARN OF A CLASSMATES DEATH. I KNOW YOU HAD A LOT OF CLOSE FRIENDS WHO LOVE AND MISS YOU.
A HELL OF A WAY TO DIE, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR PAIN.
GOD BLESS YOU AND I'LL SEE YOU LATER
RICH