Dear friends, I was talking to Rusty under mephistrucker he has told me that Merdic has died of natural causes in Calif. last week. I don't know all of the details but I am sure some of you that knew him better can find out. I was shocked to hear that, He didnt want life support and he had pnomonia, bronkitus and he smoked lots and was very over weight so they called it natural causes. Sorry to see him go.