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January 13, 2005 9:25 PM

R.I.P. LawGuy1975 (Realvideo interview)
posted by euphorb (12 comments total)

wow, that's one crazy story. I can't believe he picked up all the law stuff from TV? Surely he must have had supplementary sources?
posted by dhruva at 9:39 PM on January 13, 2005

great story. interesting dude. thanks for that.
posted by tsarfan at 11:01 PM on January 13, 2005

goddamn that's sad. He seemed like such a promising person, too. Rest in peace.
posted by puke & cry at 11:44 PM on January 13, 2005

Rest in peace.
posted by ruelle at 12:01 AM on January 14, 2005

I read about this guy in "The Future Just Happensed". Very sad.
posted by laukf at 2:38 AM on January 14, 2005

These are those kind of stories that can get buried and never remembered in 10 years. I hope that this one lives on; there's so many out there deserving of our memories.
posted by jscott at 4:00 AM on January 14, 2005

Crap. I read a few articles about him, and the lengthy profile in "Next" too. I really thought that he would become very rich & famous someday -- and assumed that he would live longer than 19 years. Diabetes is a bitch.

RIP, LawGuy.
posted by davidmsc at 4:00 AM on January 14, 2005

Great story.

Poor parents -- it's the second son they lose.
posted by sour cream at 4:49 AM on January 14, 2005

Wow. Glad to know there are... er.. were... people like this out there.
posted by absalom at 5:00 AM on January 14, 2005

Now I remember him. Admired the hell out of him.
Sad end.
posted by Busithoth at 5:46 AM on January 14, 2005

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posted by wtfwjd? at 6:00 AM on January 14, 2005

his legal training," which, of course, was nonexistent.

Maybe it was in his nature.
He was not a completely reliable character. I remember how hellish it was to figure out what was true and was not true."
posted by thomcatspike at 8:41 AM on January 14, 2005