{"id":36421,"date":"2026-10-06T17:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=36421"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:25:53","slug":"dont-wait-to-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=36421","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Wait To Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My friend Gary Daugherty, former co-host with me on the old Polite Society Podcast, passed away on Sunday<\/a><\/strong>. He was only 59 but had been suffering with kidney disease.<\/p>\n

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Gary was bigger than life in more ways than one. He was 6’5″ and “robust”, had played as a lineman at Divison 1 Southern Illinois and Colorado, was a firearms trainer, had served on the Kane County (Illinois) Board<\/a><\/strong>, and even had been an Illinois state representative<\/a><\/strong> for all of eight days. The last was to fill an empty seat in the Illinois State House. Gary took that in good humor and had a retired Illinois State Representative license plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I last spoke with Gary a number of months ago. I knew he was on dialysis and was planning to relocate to Paducah, KY. For some reason, Gary was in my thoughts a couple of weeks ago and I said to myself, “I need to call him to see how he is doing.” Sadly, I let the immediate get in the way of the important and I never called. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t be me. If you think of an old friend with whom you haven’t spoken in a while, call them. You may never get another chance.<\/p>\n

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