I loved him like a father, and I loved him like a friend

This really tears me up -- and goes right to the heart. Grams lyrics of "In My Hour of Darkness." Gram should've outlived Nudie, but tragically he didn't. Nudie lived to the ripe old age of 81 . . . he lost many friends young and old along the way . . he took Gram's passing especially hard.

Bobbie Nudie who outlived them all, always said "there was a sadness about Gram." That may seem like an understatement, but what else can you say?