RIP, Tommy Udo 6- P.13 update w/Memorial Info

Post #141 » by **Electric Slim** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:36 am

I had the pleasure of meeting George a couple years ago. Such a nice guy and passionate Bulls fan. I will miss him much. RIP

Hotstove907 · Post #142 » by **Hotstove907** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:03 am

RIP Tommy. Very sad lose. I was hoping the title had a different meaning.

Bomba Navarro · Post #143 » by **Bomba Navarro** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:08 am

Oh my god. I hardly exchanged a couple messages with him, if any at all, but I had grown used to seeing his avatar an reading his posts. Sad, sad news. Rest in peace, Tommy.

Raps in 4 · Post #144 » by **Raps in 4** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:09 am

Such sad news. He was one of the best posters on Realgm.

jaze89 · Post #145 » by **jaze89** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:13 am

I don't post often but I read this forum a lot. Tommy Udo 6 was a Chicago Bulls board fixture, I'm pretty damn shocked by this.

R.I.P.

musiqsoulchild · Post #146 » by **musiqsoulchild** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:33 am

Electric Slim wrote:I had the pleasure of meeting George a couple years ago. Such a nice guy and passionate Bulls fan. I will miss him much. RIP

Same here Slim...I met him ( and you) at the draft party at Doug's

Im sad. He was a beast on these boards.

Scorpion King · Post #147 » by **Scorpion King** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:59 am

RIP George. He was a knowledgeable person sharing his life experiences along with his CBA knowledge.

Gone but will not be forgotten.

Narigo · Post #148 » by **Narigo** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:00 am

pspot · Post #149 » by **pspot** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:21 am

Wow sad news, i knew it was something worth reading when i saw the Frank Sinatra avatar
RIP Tommy

basketball royalty · Post #150 » by **basketball royalty** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:50 am

Sad news. Always enjoyed hearing his thoughts when he would post on the Raptors board. Easily the best 'visitor' from other teams boards we would get. RIP.

Post #151 » by **Ben** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:52 am

I'm in shock. Just logged on a few minutes ago for the first time in a couple of days and saw this. I really, really liked George. We would talk behind the scenes sometimes, and as Mort said, he was a very kind and polite person. Really "old school" in that sense. A few things about George:

He had a lot of girlfriends over the years. I'm sure he wouldn't mind me sharing that with those who didn't already know it; he would talk about it proudly in some of our moderator conversations. Girlfriends in different cities, although probably not coterminously-- "a girl in every port," I used to joke with him. So he had a lot of advice when it came to women, and since he was such an old-school gentleman it was particularly good advice to hear (given that our era is generally so cynical).

He wasn't Jewish, but he knew a lot about Jewish and Yiddish trivia, and that endeared him to me. He would let me know what he knew as a way of reaching out, connecting, in a way that was subtle and sweet.

His mother lived in Chicago. I think perhaps she still does?-- although she was in poor health recently, so I can't remember for sure if she's still with us. He would visit regularly and would always tell us other mods if he was going to be on the road because he didn't have good mobile internet access during those times and he wanted to let us know that he wouldn't be able to help out modding for a little while. What kind of guy is conscientious like that? A mensch, that's what kind.

When he changed his username from bulls6 to Tommy Udo, I was really thrown for a loop; I don't deal well with change. I figured that everyone else would be just as confused as I was about where bulls6 had gone. So I suggested that he add a "6" at the end of Tommy Udo for the sake of continuity, and he did.

Over the years I came to picture him as Richard Widmark, his avatar-- Tommy Udo was a Widmark character in the movie "Kiss of Death"-- and that probably would have pleased him.

Did I mention that I don't do well with change? I'm not doing real well with this one.

If anyone can make a sig banner with the Tommy Udo picture and an RIP tribute to George Zieman / bulls6/ Tommy Udo 6, I'm sure I'm not the only person who would wear it proudly.

theanimal23 · Post #152 » by **theanimal23** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:17 am

Scorpion King wrote:RIP George. He was a knowledgeable person sharing his life experiences along with his CBA knowledge.

Gone but will not be forgotten.

Every time I see this Avatar, I think he is posting

Post #153 » by **Schad** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:24 am

From every interaction I had with him, just a fundamentally decent human being. It's easy to be an ass on an anonymous message board; being consistently worth reading and still maintaining an even keel over a period of many years and many thousands of posts is a far more difficult challenge.

Goodbye, George; you were a big part of this site, and it's horrible news to hear this today and realize that you'll be a part of it no more.

DMVleGeND · Post #154 » by **DMVleGeND** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:38 am

TOMSPY77 · Post #155 » by **TOMSPY77** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:08 am

I lurk here mostly but always remembered his posts...RIP.

Post #156 » by **Ben** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:20 am

He enjoyed your posting of the archive of old Chicago-area TV clips & commercials, TOMSPY (as did I).

Steve Brule · Post #157 » by **Steve Brule** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:27 am

My condolences to his family and to the rest of the RealGM community.

RIP, Tommy.

Post #158 » by **pduh01** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:28 am

I say this on the mod forum not to long ago and I say this here the same thing I just come on for the first time today, and hear about the news. I am surprise and sad to hear the news about the tragedy, my condolence to his family and his friends R.I.P

MalikJoakim24 · Post #159 » by **MalikJoakim24** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:48 am

RIP

If someone could make an avatar & sig, that would be great, I'd wear it.

CroBullsFan · Post #160 » by **CroBullsFan** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:54 am

RIP, Tommy.

He always had great stories from the Bulls' history. Definitely one of the best posters here. He will be missed.