According to messages from David Tharp, he is on the verge of losing his 80+ year old mother. As far as I know, she caught the flu while living in a nursing home in maryland. She doesn't wish to be kept alive via artificial means and her family is doing their best to honor her wishes.
Anyone wishing to express their condolenscences at this time, may do so with the following address:
David Tharp: [email]
(I know he posts to this ng and would like for his friends here to know.)
Mary