Fred DiMatteo

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 > Peter DiMatteo advised that Fred D. passed away tonight a 7PM. Fred had 
been
 > in failing health and had entered the hospital in late February. He had 3
 > angioplasties and had made some progress, and had moved to the re-hab unit
 > around the end of March. While there he had a re-occurance of pneumonia
 > and returned to the main hospital. Unfortunately, his systems started 
fading,
 > and he passed away tonight.

While at the Portofino car show recently in Orlando, Fred made an 
appearance for an award, presented to him appropriately by Delmas 
Greene.  It was a beautiful day, Fred was surrounded by people who admired 
him, cars he loved and cruising around on an electric mobile chair, 
checking out everything while an Alfa Romeo grille swung around on the 
handle bars. Agree with him or not, he was always a gentleman to all in his 
presence, and a delight to chat with, be it 164 alignments or his 
gyrocopter or so many other subjects he could reference.

I am happy to say I knew Fred, happy that he could meet my new wife, and 
that while frail in body, Fred was his same old self in mind and spirit 
that day.
This is the way I will  remember Fred.

Bill Harkell
AlfaBill LLC
Tampa Florida USA
http://alfabill.com
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