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I just recieved word, one of my childhood friends, we grew up together...since I was four years old, passed away today, at home, taking a shower...he had health issues and this happened from natural causes
we just had our high school reunion last week, he actually looked great there, he was trimming down, had a big smile on his face and a robust air about him, he was dancing with everyone and having a ball
anyone that has been a yankee fan through the years would know this guy
if you remember a few years back, when boggs was with the yankees, every game the camera would zoom into this guy in the stands, a round funny kid dancing as if he was a gift to the world
his antics and dance were even the subject of a david letterman...the day letterman had boggs on the air, letterman shows a video of my friend and says
"so what's the story with this guy"
boggs says something like;
"nobody knows"
his name was Leslie Cohen, a big heart, never ever hurt anyone, and as god will be my witness, I never once heard him talk anyone down...ever
back when everyone had fireworks for the fourth of july leslie, me and my other friends would actually have bottle rocket fights, lighting them up with "punks" while holding them and tossing them at each other, it seemed like leslie could out run our bottle rockets...we were pretty lucky they were easy to dodge because none of us ever got hit
believe it or not this was something we did on the fourth of july in far rockaway new york, we came from a rough bunch of parents and we were a rough bunch of kids
lesle always told us that when he became rich he would deposit a million dollars in each of our bank accounts...he meant it too.
check out this story;
we were driving home one night in leslie father's car, (back then we all used our parents car), and we were being loud, windows down, being obnoxous
so this guy pulls up to the light we're stopped, he gets out of his car, he is easily over 6' tall and a tough guy trying to show off for his date
he opens leslies door and pulls leslie out of the drivers seat
leslie bounds out from his seat as if he's on a spring when they guy pulls him out, he grabs this monster of a guy below the hips, picks him up and slams him on the ground, pins his arms with his knees and tells the goon he'd better watch who he starts fights with.
the rest of us didn't have time to get out of the car and leslie had it covered, nobody hurt though this guy surely wanted a brawl
leslie is only about 5'5"...never started a fight but you couldn't start a fight with him either
he was always on the move, loved life, loved hustling new deals, always a kind word for everyone
whenever we wanted to go to a yankee game we could calll leslie, he had some kind of celebrity status because he was such a recognized charachter, they always let us in without tickets if we were with lesly
I am gonna miss my friend
Leslie Cohen, rest easy, rest well.
we just had our high school reunion last week, he actually looked great there, he was trimming down, had a big smile on his face and a robust air about him, he was dancing with everyone and having a ball
anyone that has been a yankee fan through the years would know this guy
if you remember a few years back, when boggs was with the yankees, every game the camera would zoom into this guy in the stands, a round funny kid dancing as if he was a gift to the world
his antics and dance were even the subject of a david letterman...the day letterman had boggs on the air, letterman shows a video of my friend and says
"so what's the story with this guy"
boggs says something like;
"nobody knows"
his name was Leslie Cohen, a big heart, never ever hurt anyone, and as god will be my witness, I never once heard him talk anyone down...ever
back when everyone had fireworks for the fourth of july leslie, me and my other friends would actually have bottle rocket fights, lighting them up with "punks" while holding them and tossing them at each other, it seemed like leslie could out run our bottle rockets...we were pretty lucky they were easy to dodge because none of us ever got hit
believe it or not this was something we did on the fourth of july in far rockaway new york, we came from a rough bunch of parents and we were a rough bunch of kids
lesle always told us that when he became rich he would deposit a million dollars in each of our bank accounts...he meant it too.
check out this story;
we were driving home one night in leslie father's car, (back then we all used our parents car), and we were being loud, windows down, being obnoxous
so this guy pulls up to the light we're stopped, he gets out of his car, he is easily over 6' tall and a tough guy trying to show off for his date
he opens leslies door and pulls leslie out of the drivers seat
leslie bounds out from his seat as if he's on a spring when they guy pulls him out, he grabs this monster of a guy below the hips, picks him up and slams him on the ground, pins his arms with his knees and tells the goon he'd better watch who he starts fights with.
the rest of us didn't have time to get out of the car and leslie had it covered, nobody hurt though this guy surely wanted a brawl
leslie is only about 5'5"...never started a fight but you couldn't start a fight with him either
he was always on the move, loved life, loved hustling new deals, always a kind word for everyone
whenever we wanted to go to a yankee game we could calll leslie, he had some kind of celebrity status because he was such a recognized charachter, they always let us in without tickets if we were with lesly
I am gonna miss my friend
Leslie Cohen, rest easy, rest well.
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