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Post by romo on Mar 27, 2020 4:03:18 GMT
It's my unfortunate duty to report that long-time Horror Drive-In aficionado Mark Tyree passed on March 21st.
Mark and I first became friends 15 to 20 years ago when I was co-editing Cemetery Dance and published some of his reviews. We struck up a friendship, based on similar tastes in books, movies, music and more, that persisted until now. There were a few years there where we emailed each other literally every day. He was as good a friend as one could have without ever having actually met in the flesh. I loved him, and I will miss him.
I ask that those of you who were acquainted with him raise a glass in his honor. He would've appreciated that.
Robert Morrish
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Post by grymmtidings on Mar 28, 2020 5:43:10 GMT
Robert, thanks for delivering the sad news. My condolences. Hoke was always an interesting and entertaining member of the boards. I'm sorry to hear he's passed.
-A.J.
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Post by erik on Mar 28, 2020 12:46:27 GMT
Wow, I hadn't kept in touch too much with Hoke since the boards shut down, but this floored me. Very sad news. RIP Mark!
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Post by Mark Sieber on Mar 28, 2020 19:11:22 GMT
Horrible news. I feel terrible.
I guess I should clarify some things. This is hard.
I banned Mark from this board. It hurt and it wasn't an easy decision. I hated doing it. His posts were barely coherent and the last one he did was horribly offensive. It upset some people and some left here. Frankly, it upset me. I don't believe for a minute that he meant anything by it. Mark's body and mind were betraying him. Also, when I did a search about Mark, wondering what became of the guy, I found something pretty shocking.
Mark Tyree had a generous and joyful soul. He loved everybody. I don't know exactly what was going on with him in his final years, but it was bad. I could not deal with it.
I am heartbroken about the whole thing. He and I were close confidants for a long, long time. I wish things had turned out differently. I wish I could have been a stronger person and handled things differently. I wish a lot of things.
I hope people don't think too badly of me.
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Post by goathunter on Mar 29, 2020 3:19:48 GMT
Not at all. I remember when he was banned. It was necessary. It was obvious something was going on with him, whatever it was. No need for you to feel bad about anything, Mark.
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Post by Mark Sieber on Mar 29, 2020 13:08:19 GMT
Thanks, Hunter. Others are saying the same thing, and I know in my heart that I had to do take action, but it helps to hear it again.
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Post by cinderellaman on Mar 29, 2020 15:43:46 GMT
I've spent the last couple of days just thinking about Hokester, from the first meetings way back on (I think.. the Cabinet of Dr Cagliari.... through to Horror.Net and Gorezone, and eventually Shocklines and Horror-Drive IN... and it just feels like he's been this huge looming presence in and around my online life probably for more than a decade, actually easily more than... though like everyone I dropped out of touch as I sorta stepped away from the genre, and kept feeling like I had little to offer to message board conversations, etc. I've shared a bunch of memories with Mark about when Hoke gave me the one day whistlestop tour of LA, Venice Beach, the bookstores, and record shops, and nearly got me killed at least 3 times on the road as he reenacted Fear and Loathing on the Pacific Coast... toking his joint, hawaiian shirt open, gut out, as we cruised along in his old rust heap... making me talk dirty to his wife on the phone because she loved the English accent and he might get to take advantage when he got home... all of it... funny fucker. it was the best of times, in the most surreal way. Larger than life.
Gotta say I wish he'd just show up and said, 'Fuckers... I ain't gone yet...'
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Post by deenawarner on Mar 30, 2020 13:07:15 GMT
Mark, thank you for posting your remembrances of Hoke. He was one of the biggest people I've ever known: big personality, big attitude, big heart. He had demons, though, like a giant ball of cotton with barbed wire threaded through it. He was protective, hilarious, and had a guttural instinct for connecting people with books. You have captured him well with your words. You know I feel you've done nothing wrong by blocking him when he became incoherent. The hole of having him gone is still raw; this will take a long time to process.
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Post by njhorror on Mar 30, 2020 15:31:57 GMT
Hadn't been in touch with Mark since February. Just sent him an email Friday. He was going to buy a house in Nevada for Becky and him, and he was looking forward to it. I'll miss him.
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Post by njhorror on Mar 30, 2020 16:22:10 GMT
He spoke highly of Robert, and considered him a good friend.
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Post by Mark Sieber on Mar 30, 2020 20:47:00 GMT
Thanks to everyone. This has been hard and it has taken a toll on everyone who knew him. Especially those who saw his downward spiral.
Any word about Becky?
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Post by njhorror on Mar 30, 2020 21:15:13 GMT
I just found out about this today and it has shaken me up. I don't know any of the details. Maybe Robert Morrish knows more.
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Post by romo on Mar 31, 2020 2:54:01 GMT
From what Mark's stepson told me, Mark and Becky watched movies until about 4am Saturday morning, then went to sleep. When Becky woke up, Mark wasn't breathing. Becky is staying in their house for now, but I'd be surprised if she didn't move to Nevada since, as noted above, that was already the plan, and her son lives there.
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Post by njhorror on Apr 1, 2020 15:44:17 GMT
Thanks for posting that Robert. I'm glad Mark, of all people, went in his sleep.
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Post by romo on Apr 2, 2020 3:56:07 GMT
Absolutely NJ, glad to pass that along.
I had drifted some from Mark in the last couple years, as so many of his emails seemed to contradict earlier messages, or otherwise seemed barely comprehensible. But I knew quite a bit about what he was going through physically, and we'd been friends for a long time, so cutting him a little slack seemed like the least I could do.
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