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Article: Brown's courage left lasting impact on everybody
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- August 14, 2009
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Ron Brown had a tremendous impact on those who knew him - whether
through basketball, family or other interests.
Ron died last week at the age of 58 - after more than 25 years
dealing with kidney failure and its insidious side effects.
Courage and bravery are most often measured in terms of a
soldier's performance in war. For Ron, the battlefield was his own
body and the enemy was kidney disease.
Ron Brown was the toughest, most courageous man I have ever
known.
Ron was a devoted husband and father. His wife Shelly, sons
Scott, Todd and Nate, and granddaughter Amelia (Brown) were his most
prized treasures.
Their mere mention seemed to whisk Ron's mind away from the pain
and discomfort that ...