Terrible News: Jim Blumenthal Passed Away Last Night

[auggiedoggy]

I never met Jim but I would like to pass on my condolences to his family and friends. From the comments posted Jim sounds like someone I would have liked to have met and conversed with.

RIP Jim.

[GaryPassamonte]

Great guy and fellow hobbyist. Very sad news.

[brian1961]

I never met Jim, but he must have been a wonderful guy and helped a lot of you guys.

My sincere condolences to his family, prayers for them, and to all you gentlemen that counted him a pal. --Brian Powell

[Al C.risafulli]

I'm pretty wrecked over this today; Jim was truly one of the best guys in the hobby. This is a huge loss for all of us.

At the same time, I'm thankful for the hobby today, because without it, I would have never had the awesome opportunity to meet him.

Condolences to his family, and best wishes for peace and strength.

So, so sorry.

-Al

[VintageBall]

Jim was one of the best people in the hobby -- a truly gentle person, a scholar and someone whose happiness was contagious and made the world a better place.

Here's a story about Jim: http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/f...ere-hemisphere

And here are two stories written by Jim:

http://fpmt.org/mandala/archives/man...es-blumenthal/

http://fpmt.org/mandala/archives/man...ntal-activist/ -- (click on full PDF to read entirety).

And for all of us fellow collectors, here's Jim's 2008 PSA Award for Best Pre-War Vintage Set: http://www.psacard.com/Articles/Arti...egistry-awards -- (scroll down for Jim).

He will be missed by many, many people in his field of study, in our hobby and in life.

Robert S

[asoriano]

A very sad day indeed. You will be missed, JimB.

Rest in Peace

-Turner Engle

[h2oya311]

Oh man! Jim was such a great contributor to this board. I'm not a t206 guy, but I remember seeing his post with the 39 (or 40?) T206 backs all laid out together in perfect alignment. It was beautiful.

My thoughts are with his family at this time. It's a sad day indeed.

[autograf]

Sad news. Enjoyed Jim's commentary on all he collected and appreciated his different take on things with his love for Buddhism and the Dalai Lama as was discussed earlier. As a father to young children myself, that part gives me pause to be thankful for what I have today and say RIP to Jim and pray for those he left behind.

[Leon]

Saddest news I have heard in a very long time. Jim was a close hobby friend and one of the greatest people I have had the privilege of knowing. RIP my friend. You will not be forgotten.

[Kenny Cole]

Terribly sad news. Condolences to Jim's family. RIP Jim.

[kkkkandp]

I found Jim to be a very interesting guy. For whatever reason I found it an odd juxtaposition that he could do things like translate for the Dalai Lama and collect baseball cards, too.

And he had great taste in cards. He and I had a couple of very nice email exchanges when he started to pursue Old Judges.

Very disheartening to have two young guys die over such a short period of time.

My regards to his family and friends. RIP.

[T206Collector]

He and I shared quite a few emails about signed T206 cards. He had this signed T206 Marquard that he sold to me about 5 years ago. Always quite pleasant to deal with. My condolences.