I understand you, for me it was abot the same, I stop visiting him
because it was very hard for me to say "bye,ciao, see you next time"
He answered "if I am still here".
After that I called him once a week or more but always afraid he was
not there to answer. The day it happens was to strong for me, I was
not able to believe and besides I did not have any notice from him
until I friend called me to give me the bad new.best regards, Jose





--- In harveyshapirocello@yahoogroups.com, "shoyujien" <vcjanet@...>
wrote:
>
> I still can believe that Harvey will not be there to answer the
> phone anymore... For the past 17 years, I would try to go to NY
> every year and pay him surprise visits...As time went by, this
> eventually became a pattern, because I was afraid to call and hear
> someone else's voice...
>
> I arranged for Harvey to play a recital in Taipei several years
> ago. As you all know he fell the day he arrived and broke his
hip,
> and 2 days later I flew back to NY with him with a nurse on the
> side, went directly to ER from the airplane. I have always felt
that
> this accident started the undermining of his health, and blame
> myself for not taking better care of him.
>
> This July I spend 8 days in NY just to spend some time with him,
> going over to 20N everyday for a few hours, watch him practice on
> the cello Landon made for him, watch (listen) the Yankee games...
> You all must know that he still played like no one can, even with
a
> recently broken right arm... (By the way, Akira Osawa arrived from
> Japan the day I leave to take 2 weeks lessons with him.)
>
> There was a CD made of his Japan recital. If anyone is interested
> in getting it, I could try to contact Mori for more details.
>
> I think it would be the biggest regret of my life that he never
> played in Taiwan, but I am sure Saint Shapiro will forgive me
> because he knows how much I love and admire him.
>