| Shai Reouveni, my father, passed away from complications
related to bladder cancer on the morning of Monday, the 31th of March 2003.
His cancer was in remission for over a year and he died a sudden death.
He was 60 years old at the time of his death.
Papisho was a larger than life character who was admired and loved by many. His business partner in the last few years described him in his eulogy as "90% heart and 10% vocal cords" and indeed that was the case. He cared so much about people and issues that many times he lost his temper. He was a complicated person, and sometimes bullheaded, but those who knew him well found a great big soft heart that was sometimes surrounded by thorns. He gave me so much - A talent for nonsense and rhyming
I guess he knew it is time I start taking care of myself and stop relying on him to come to my rescue, as he always did so lovingly. I loved him so much, I always will. Life without him seems unbearable at times. I pray I will be able to put to use all of the lessons he taught me, and that I will continue to "show them what a Reouveni is made of " as he so often told me. Daddy, you are always in my heart. My children will know you through me. I only wish they could meet and love you in person.
The ballad of a father who raised
his son on a bedding of guns a poem my dad wrote for my 7th
grade's "family roots" show and which he later read on his father's grave
as a eulogy.
A greeting Papisho Sent for Rosh Hashanah (Jewish
New Year's eve) 2001
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