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[Anatoly Volynets <av AT total-knowledge.com>]

Cookie belongs to a small group of the most prominent people I have met in
my entire life.

She was 58 something, I think, very ill, living alone in the middle of
nowhere, in an Oregon forest, surrounded by pets and computers. She
developed lovely on-line community of more than 150 artists around the
Glob. She helped some of them just to get on their feet.

When I read her posts at ANTI-DMCA, in 2001, I thought it was young
energetic boy. After some time I noticed they sounded too wise, but when I
got to know who she was, this was an astonishing discovery.

Everything she had done was done out of love and nothing was for herself.
It hadn't looked like she even expected gratitude from anyone.

It doesn't matter she didn't climbed on the top of society. She was a 
person of the great scale, made of that very stuff that prophets are.

My deepest condolences to all Cookie's friends,

Anatoly Volynets
http://www.total-knowledge.com
http://www.culturedialogue.org

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Date: 19 Jun 2004 10:13:29 -0000
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Subject: [bumpNgrind] Digest Number 1397

There are 3 messages in this issue.
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      3. TR: Sad News - Cookie Holley Passes...
           From: "Funkygirl" <funkygirlc AT free.fr>
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Message: 3
   Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:09:43 +0200
   From: "Funkygirl" <funkygirlc AT free.fr>
Subject: TR: Sad News - Cookie Holley Passes...

I'm totally amazed by this SAD NEWS !!! ;o((((

Cookie you were a real lady and we'll already miss you...

Much Love to you wherever you are
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R.I.P.



-----Message d'origine-----
De : Bob Davis [mailto:earthjuice AT prodigy.net]
Envoy? : samedi 19 juin 2004 05:56
? : Soul-Patrol AT Davisind.Com
Objet : Sad News - Cookie Holley Passes...

Sorry to have to report this news.
I was informed earlier today that our own Cookie Holley

Here is the email that I got from her sister via Mighty Sam McClain...

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Dear Sam,
My name is Angie, I am one of Cookie's sisters.  Cookie spoke of you often
as a long time
friend.  I'm sorry to tell you that my sister has pasted away on June 15th.
It is believed to
have been an heart attack.  If you would like to talk to me, you can call me
at 760-XXX-XXXX.
I have emailed Lionel Davis.  I don't know how to notify all of her artist,
do you?
God bless,
Angie
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I didn't always agree with Cookie Holley on certain issues.
But I can tell you this, she truly loved the Soul-Patrol.
I spoke with her as recently as 3 weeks ago and at that time she was putting
me in touch with
artists who wanted to donate CD's to our Convention.
At least two of those artists wil be giving us their CD's to use during the
Convention.
After I heard the news one of the first people I called was funk guitarist
Gemi Taylor (Grand
Central Station), who had been introduced to me by Cookie Holley. Gemi was
in shock when I
told him of this news. Cookie Holley was one of a kind and Gemi and I talked
about her for
about 1/2 hour. She was truly one of a kind...

I'm not really surprised that she has passed away. Cookie Holley was very
ill, in fact she has
been very ill since I first met her about 5 years ago. Many times when you
saw her writing
here, she was bedridden.

For Cookie Holley, the internet was a way to communicate outside of her
sickbed.
And communicate she did...

Hopefully you all got a chance to get to know her while she was here, but
just in case you
didn't....
http://bumpngrindrecords.com/

She was one of those rare people who tried to make a difference.
In my book that is a rarity.
And it was indeed my pleasure to know her...

 _________
Bob Davis
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