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WE ARE ALL DEMINISHED BY HIS PASSING.
I HOPE HE IS RESTING AT PEACE
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Bob Packard posted a condolence
Monday, December 7, 2015
I've always cherished any communication from Warren and loved even more to be in his company. I'll honor his memory!
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Thursday, November 26, 2015
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悼沃伦
今天上午，我在加拿大的朋友用微信传来噩耗，我的美国朋友沃伦先生昨天晚上在美国拉斯维加斯的家中因为心脏病突然去世，我非常悲痛。
与沃伦交往已经八年多，2003年的夏天，沃伦先生在大连的一所大学里教授英语口语，一天，他带着他的两个学生来到我位于大连市中心友好大厦的办公室来见我。
原来沃伦先生到大连工作已经两年多了，他经常去新华书店查阅有关大连的英文书籍，但是，总是让他很失望，一天，他突然在书架上发现我编辑的英文版《大连自助游》，他按图索骥地找到了我，于是，我们的交往开始了，友谊也随着交往的增多而日日加深，他经常跟我讲一些他经历过的故事。
2001年，美国的“911”事件，沃伦也是受害者之一，他原来与位于纽约世贸中心一号楼的一家公司签约一千万（约合人民币）合作合同，瞬间与这两座摩天大楼一起化为灰烬了，企业破产了，老婆离婚了，他沉默了几年后，选择了来中国创业，鬼使神差地来到大连。
他在大学每周只有十多节课，余下来的时间，他经常到大街小巷里体察中国民情，开始，他乘坐公共汽车，可是，车一到站，本来排着的队伍哗啦一下就挤散了，他索性与大家一起挤，又有不少人朝他嚷嚷，他听不懂，感觉不是什么好话，就录音回去放给学生听，学生告诉他人家说洋鬼子也不文明，他不去挤巴士打出租车，本来15分钟的路程，出租车跑了一个多小时，下车时，司机一口价要了200元，沃伦交钱的时候，同时拍照了出租车的牌子，没有想到的是第二天上午，沃伦正在上课，出租车司机跑来了，退回了钱还送来了鲜花，一再恳请沃伦不要投诉，别打了他的饭碗。还有一次沃伦在一个酒吧要了一盘花生米，店长结算要收1600元，沃伦掏出了市长的名片，说我今天没有带那么多钱，你打个电话，让这个人来给你送吧。沃伦说这些事的时候，总是语重心长地强调他很喜欢中国，中国人千万不要因小失大，为了一点小利影响改革开放啊。
自从认识我以后，沃伦似乎多了一个亲戚，三天两头到我公司，我不是带他到我家里吃饭，就是找个西餐厅请他吃牛排，有一次我安排他到海上钓鱼，我们钓上来的鱼都装到水桶里，他却把小鱼全部放到海里。
沃伦回美国后，经常给我发邮件，他不懂汉语，我不会英语，但是，心有灵犀一点通，圣诞节的时候，他发来一张他在拉斯维加斯的照片，照片以繁华的拉斯维加斯大道为背景，我在中国春节的时候给他发去了一张我在打红灯笼前面拍摄的照片，后来我们见面的时候说起这些事，都完全准确地表达了互致节日的问候，他去看望年过九旬的老母亲，我把自己种的鲜花拍照成一幅幅特写，他母亲竟然从美国的迈阿密发来信息感谢我对她的祝福。
前年的圣诞节前，沃伦发来邮件，请我去他那里玩，我请他帮助我在拉斯维加斯租了房子住了下来，我们几乎每天都能见面，他请我去他家喝咖啡，我老伴经常包饺子请他，我一住就是半年，他怕我在异国他乡语言不通寂寞，总是开着车，带我去很远很远的地方，游览拉斯维加斯的乡村，到郊外野炊，到靶场打枪，到500公里以外的圣地亚哥钓鱼——
今年春节我又去拉斯维加斯看他，开始他计划与我五月初一起到大连，他说去大连就住在我家里。后来因为他要去给他母亲过生日而推迟到五月中旬，再后来他母亲病重，他的行程一拖再拖，而我为了能在一个普通的中国人家里接待一位美国白人，做了各种各样的充分准备，他需要吃面包，他需要吃奶酪，他需要每天洗澡，他需要见他在大连教过的学生，他喜欢钓鱼，他喜欢看中国的文艺演出，他喜欢到处去走走看看，这一切一切我都做了十分周到的安排--------
我天天等微信，等邮件，等着，盼着，等来的却是他已经往生的消息，当他的学生传来这个噩耗的时候，我简直不敢相信我模糊了的眼睛。
沃伦先生真的走了，我已经委托我在拉斯维加斯的朋友为他送去了鲜花，送去了我的祈祷，我的美国朋友沃伦先生安息。（2015年10月27日于大连千红莲养老院）
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There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.
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Lilette posted a condolence
Monday, November 16, 2015
I remember Warren from High School. We were all really close there because we were the first graduating Class of Division Avenue High School. We had been together since elementary school and got to know each other really well. As the reunions came along and Frank Barning kept us abreast of all the goings on, I never felt that far away from the friends I had in high school. Warren and I used to act together in the Division Avenue High School Drama group. It was fun. I will never forget Warren as a cheerleader. I laugh at the though even now. The world has lost a valuable person. I never even knew that Warren Produced and created the videos that were listed in his obituary. As a tribute to Warren and his family, I will print out the list and try and see as many as I can get my hands on. I too am a teacher and so we have the same giving heart.
I am sure Warren is amusing all his relatives and friends in heaven. He was always so adventurous and funny. Love and prayers to all his family.
A former classmate,
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Barbara Gurley posted a condolence
Sunday, November 15, 2015
I am only one of many who was shocked at the news of Warren's passing. He was heavily on my mind the days surrounding his death. We had tentative plans to meet for lunch. Warren was always entertaining and loved engaging in meaningful conversation with friends, as well as engaging in repartee. His wit was unparalleled. We mostly communicated via emails, and I was always blown away by his never ending ability to "one up me". He just had a witty reply for everything. It's a selfish admission, but knowing I will never receive another email from him hurts the most. I know he was uncomfortable with his compromised body and he didn't seem comfortable with the medical profession's ability to fix it. Aside from that, I don't think Warren wanted to get old. He got off the train a bit early for the rest of us who enjoyed his presence, but he got off at apparently the right stop for him. My inbox will always be malnourished without "OliveEye" showing up from time to time.
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Friday, November 13, 2015
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Warren was in China from Aug 2002 to July 2005，I met him when I was in college. Starting from then on, I followed him to do things in China. He taught me a lot, helped me a lot and he helped me to discover my advantages and disadvantages. I was feeling freezing when I got the sad news, we planned some for 2016.
Warren, I do not know how to express my feelings, I am missing you...
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Steven Theodore posted a condolence
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Our lives have interwoven for over twenty years, but it was only in the last few that I felt I got to know Warren on a more personal level. Since moving back to Las Vegas we would on occassion get together for a meal, a movie... even a broadway play. We would talk about life, ex-girlfriends, ex-wives, the business of film and television production, travel and always the inner workings of age on the soul, mind and spirit. Warren was most definitely a deep thinker, but a man who could laugh at himself, and at the absurdities of life's silly antics. I'm going to miss him, and our conversations and his very long and dramatic pauses between thoughts. Always the showman, he was. ~ God bless you, my friend.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
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Warren at recent holiday party with great friend Francine right next to him.
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Jon Trovato uploaded photo(s)
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
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Warren with his friend Jon in Kinderhook NY