A Year To Say Goodbye

On August 13th, 2009, I said a final goodbye to my father

Paco Taylor
Nov 4 · 6 min read
Pops and a very young me in Los Angeles, California (1975)

After a handful of years battling prostate cancer, in May of 2008 a tumor was also found in the frontal lobe of my father’s brain. With the next year-and-a-half came a gradual decline in health that continued until the inevitable end.

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    Paco Taylor

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    Writes about Eastern and Western pop culture, history and art | Bylines @ Nextshark, G-Fan Magazine, FanSided & CBR (Comic Book Resources) | stpaco@gmail.com

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