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Virtual Memories Show:
\nTom Spurgeon
\nMemorial Service,
\nDec. 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I had an amazing life, and my love for my family is unsurpassed, followed nearly as much as the love for my closest friends. Be kind to yourselves, and live in laughter as much as possible. I love you. Thanks for everything.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This special episode of The Virtual Memories Show features the memorial service for Tom Spurgeon<\/a>, held December 14, 2019, at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum<\/a>. The speakers (in sequence) were Whit Spurgeon, Sunny McFarren, Rob Eidson, Dan Wright (slideshow here<\/a>), Fred Haring, Eric Reynolds, Jordan Raphael, Me, Jeff Smith, Laurenn McCubbin, Rebecca Perry Damsen, Caitlin McGurk. The following people spoke during the open comments session: Bruce Chrislip, Christian Hoffer, Carol Tyler, Evan Dorkin, Darcie Hoffer, Shena Wolf, James Moore. To get a greater understanding of Tom’s life and his impact on the world around him, please listen to these heartfelt, emotional, and sometimes funny remembrances of our friend. If you’d like to make a donation in Tom’s name, he requested that your gifts go to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum<\/a>, but he also would have been happy to know you supported your favorite artist, writer, or creator, however you can. Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

“You realize I don’t do anything I don’t want to, right?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n