RIP Paul McKee AKA Free For All

[Dan Gould]

I see on his Facebook page that formerly active member Free For All aka Paul McKee, trombonist and teacher, has died.

If you were friends with him on FB you followed his fight with cancer over many months/years, always in the company of his adorable cat, Norman, and supported by wife Angie. I feared this day was coming sooner than later after he announced that he was going into hospice care.

RIP.

Edited 11 hours ago by Dan Gould

[JSngry]

Oh no...what a great guy!

RIP

[Eric]

Yes, a nice guy indeed.  He had ties to the Kansas City area.

[clifford_thornton]

Damn, that's terrible news. He had not posted here in ages, and I am not on Facebook so was unaware of his health issues. 

Great guy, that's for sure. RIP!

[Pim]

Awful. RIP. I think he was mostly active before I became a member here. His profile shows he did check in this month. 

[Chuck Nessa]

shit

[GA Russell]

Very sorry to hear of this.  I thought of him from time to time.

RIP Free For All!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I didn't know he was sick. I've seen several Facebook posts from his numerous his students. He was a well-respected teacher, with stints at University of Colorado, DePaul University, Youngstown State University, Northern Illinois University, the University of Missouri at Kansas City and Florida State University.

[mikeweil]

Sad news .....