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Posted By: <b>DD</b><p>Rich Simon,<br />Ron ----- is dead. A sad case really. I knew him back in the days of the Golden Gate shows in NY. It was entertaining at first when he would show us how he could sign Pete Rose's name. I was 14 at the time, and had no idea about fake autographs. There were always ballplayers at these shows. Years later when you hear about him in the context of selling forgeries, it came as no surprise. He was always a heavy guy, and died young.<br /><br />Ron was a funny SOB. One time, he had a wrestler scheduled to appear, and the guy flaked on him. Ron took it in stride and told everyone the guy couldn't make it because there were no flights leaving from Parts Unknown that day. Good times, before he succumbed to the dark side.