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The highly imaginative and original Ralph Carney is gone and we send our condolences to his family and all those who loved him…

Ralph came from the land of strange and whimsical. He could be exploding like popping corn or stretched out like taffy, capable of circular breathing and punctuating and drawing shapes that dangled from your ears. He was simultaneously very old and very young and both an endearing and enduring pain in the ass.

Bless you Ralph, wherever you are. Tom and Kathleen

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