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Island_Dog
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Sail On Captain Tony

Post by Island_Dog »

I just got a text message from a friend who is in Key West. She says that rumor has it that Capt. Tony has passed. Any confirmations from the flock?

Nothing is coming up yet via 'net searches.

If so ... SAIL ON Captain! Sail on!

A truly sad day.
Love & Luck!
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Post by C-Dawg »

I hope it isn't true :cry:
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Post by Ol Joe Bones »

I just got the same news from a friend in Key West. But haven't been able to confirm via any news media either.

Holding my breath...

Ol Joe Bones
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Post by aeroparrot »

Heard the rumor too but cannot confirm.
If you want an experience, go to a Jimmy Buffett concert.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Life is short, live long!!

I'd rather be a wiseass than a dumbass.

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Post by Island_Dog »

Here's a related article.

http://keysnews.com/node/7004

Not about his passing, but about the fact that he was back in the hospital and was going to miss his book event. That's what my friend was in town for.
Love & Luck!
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(see mine at the left)

... my girl, my friends & family, my boat, my music, and my dog... that's what livin' is to me.
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Post by jimolliemom »

I'm trying to check this rumor out now...I'm in tears...this has already been the crappiest weekend ...
"Mommy, when is Jimmy Buffett coming to OUR house? We go see him ALL THE TIME??" (Actual quote from my 5 y/o keet)
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Post by Ol Joe Bones »

It appears to be true.

Here is the link to the article in the Key West Citizen...

http://keysnews.com/node/7087

God Bless you forever Capt. Tony. A legend never dies!
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Post by pbans »

Awww.... :cry: :cry: :cry:

Sail On, Good Captain......
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Post by Elrod »

Sail on Captain.
"Nonsense! I have not yet begun to defile myself." - Doc Holliday
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Post by SMLCHNG »

Sail On Captain. :(
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Post by aeroparrot »

Sail on Captain Tony
If you want an experience, go to a Jimmy Buffett concert.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Life is short, live long!!

I'd rather be a wiseass than a dumbass.

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Post by Lightning Bolt »

This was a day I dreaded... :cry:

Sail on, Capt. Tony Tarracino

You are a sailor never to be forgotten :cry:
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Post by D PHarmBoy »

Sail on, Captain Tony!!!
Thanks for the memories and the hours you spent with us telling your jokes and stories.
Key West won't be the same without you.



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Post by ParrotHeadInThe Making »

Sail on Captain Tony.
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Post by rich_big »

fare thee well, Capt.....
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Post by Dezdmona »

Sail on Captain. :cry:
You will always be with us because, ..a legend never dies
Some people never find it, some only pretend
But me, I just want to live happily ever after every now and then.
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Post by jonesbeach10 »

Sounds like he went out the only way he knew how.

Sail on Captain Tony :cry:

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Post by Seas in my veins »

Sail on Captain...you're memory lives forever!
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Post by aeroparrot »

Dezdmona wrote:Sail on Captain. :cry:
You will always be with us because, ..a legend never dies
And like the sun he disappeared before our very eyes.
If you want an experience, go to a Jimmy Buffett concert.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Life is short, live long!!

I'd rather be a wiseass than a dumbass.

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Post by carolinagirl »

Oh no! :cry:

Sail on, Capt. Tony!
Captain Tony, a Key West legend, dies at 92
A Key West legend died peacefully at the end of a week that celebrated his extra-large life.

Capt. Tony Tarracino, recently memorialized in a new book, though already unforgettable to everyone who met him, died Saturday afternoon. He was 92.

Tarracino had been hospitalized the past week for continuing heart and lung problems. They forced him to miss several events planned for the unveiling of the book, "Life Lessons of a Legend," although each gathering was filled with people sharing memories and laughter of their "Capt. Tony encounters."

Published Saturday, November 1, 2008
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