Originally Posted by Riflecrank

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Bill passed away unexpectedly this afternoon while recovering from successful back surgery.
He was 77 years of age and a true renaissance man.
He had the right stuff, and was the master of many things,
and a master teacher who shared his knowledge freely when asked,
though few mere mortals will ever rise to the level of his capabilities.

Condolences to his Wife whom he dearly loved.

Bill Bagwell will be sorely missed by many.

Over the previous week, some images of Bill's accomplishments, including snapshots from two videos of African Safari with BPCR,
were posted as hero worship by me, not meant as elegy until the unexpected now.
Bill gave his permission for me to do that, while he was laid up in the hospital after the back surgery.
I hoped it might cheer him up while he was rehabbing post-op.
The salute to Bill Bagwell is at latter part of page 10 through page 14 of this thread:

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/15694480/10

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Ron, Thank You Sir for putting these up, was so glad I spent the weekend with him a week before his surgery, I wore his steel out to 500 meters with my old 15 pound 45-110 bull barrel rifle and 518gr paper patch bullets, he had the biggest time laughing his butt off watching through the spotter, it was a great weekend, but sadly now, the last.

What he could do with rifle and blade was mind blowing, I will dearly miss my old Friend.


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