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Hey, so I know this thread is usually for famous people, but someone I knew and really liked passed last weekend. 

Silent film organist Dennis Wolkowicz, known professionally as Jay Warren, passes away at 74

I first met Jay Warren in 2017 after my sister Kim gifted me a membership to The Silent Film Society of Chicago. At the time, I had never seen a silent film with live accompaniment and I felt compelled to go to the accompanist after the movie and tell him this. I found him to be very kind and approachable. What followed was eight years of following Jay and Linda to see movies in far-flung areas in Chicagoland and beyond. This took me to theaters, concert venues, churches, libraries, even a news stand and an organ store. I often went up before the show and talked with Jay and Linda. Jay was full of interesting stories, such as playing venues that do not exist anymore, being “unofficially mentored” by silent era accompanist Gaylord Carter, and the time some film students insisted that Metropolis should be run at a slower speed and the movie wound up lasting four hours. I’m really going to miss Jay and the Silent Film Society of Chicago. My thoughts go out to Linda at this time.