<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes Dale, those were the days.<div><br></div><div>I do miss Doreen, the Queen of Sumo. She had so much sumo knowledge to share as well as being such an interesting personality.</div><div><br></div><div>Sumo photographer and raconteur extraordinaire, Gerry Toff, is another great loss. I remember long sumo discussions between him and the King of Sumo statistics, Clyde Newton.</div><div><br></div><div>Definitely missing sumo chats.</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Katrina<div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 12 Apr 2024, at 4:43 PM, Dale Carlson <drc@oz.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
At 08:54 PM 4/11/2024, Barbara Ann Klein wrote:<br><br>
Thank you so much, Barbara, for posting this. And thank you, Katrina for
your memories of Akebono. I was just <br>
a fan. You were his friend. My deepest condolences to you, and to his
family.<br><br>
One of the high points of my life was a dinner at Kirishima's chanko
restaurant with both of you, Doreen Simmons,<br>
and a group of Swedish sumo fans. I sat across from Doreen. By the end of
the evening, she was a bit tipsy, <br>
and sang (sort of under her breath) "Have You Never Been
Mellow", the old Olivia Newton John song. She still<br>
had her lovely chorister's voice. She got to the bottom of the stairs
after leaving and realized she'd forgotten her <br>
shoes. Slightly less tipsy, I'd noticed that, carried them down with me,
and handed them to her :) Seems so long <br>
ago. I miss her. Both of you as well. I hope you're doing well.<br><br>
OK, I'll stop babbling now. This has been like a most welcome visit to
the "old" sumo mailing list. <br><br>
Dale<br><br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">A fine retrospective on Akebono
In Australia TV’s interview with Katrina<br><br>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/wYbOsKLBPlc?si=5woUDLDJ5UmWr9Iv">
https://youtu.be/wYbOsKLBPlc?si=5woUDLDJ5UmWr9Iv</a><br>
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