RIP Keith D

[lovecraft68]

Some years ago, I learned Keith D's real name. Mostly through him giving a lot away, and me being somewhat of an amateur PI.

The thread about him being MIA resurfaced in the AH today and I decided to dig into this and I found his obit. He passed on 7/29.

I feel it would be unethical to post the link here, but there is no doubt its him. The name I knew, the right age, and the list of accomplishments in his Obit match exactly, the CIA, the theatre and when he retired his publishing/editing business.

He was an active poster here, so I thought people would want to know.

 

[ll74]

Sad news. Thank you for sharing the info.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Thanks.

 

[PaxNurgle]

He was a good guy. Thanks for sharing. There have been a few people who have passed on. It was just a couple years ago we lost Oogbashan.

 

[Lazaran]

Yeah, the guy actually flew the SR-71 Blackbird for the CIA.

He was a bit of an enigma and was hard to pin down on his political views, but he seemed to be a right- fighter at heart. I suppose being CIA does that.

Definitely a unique personality whose absence had been noticed and will now be mourned by this poster.

 

[coati]

I have also been wondering about the status of Stewart_Pidd and Saint Peter.

 

[jomar]

Ah man. I saw that AH thread today and noted his last post was 7/20. Thanks LC.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Thanks LC. When I started on Literotica back in 2015/2016, Tex, KeithD (SR71PLT back then) and Ogg were all really helpful to a total newbie, and I had some great offline chats with all of them over the years. I knew KeithD was getting on a bit and had had a few health problems and I messaged him a while ago just to tell him how much I valued his help and his (virtual) mentoring and the exchanges we've had over the years. We didn't see eye to eye politically, but the nice thing was we could both put that aside and chat about everything else, including writing, and I'm glad I managed to share that with him before he passed away.

And he had some great stories about SR71's and life in SE Asia in the Cold War days. He sure got around and if ever there was life well lived, it was his.

RIP KeithD, you were one of the best.

 

[jomar]

I feel it would be unethical to post the link here, but there is no doubt its him. The name I knew, the right age, and the list of accomplishments in his Obit match exactly, the CIA, the theatre and when he retired his publishing/editing business.

I tracked it down. He lived a broad and rich life. No mention of him being a pilot, though. RIP KeithD.

 

[Rightguide]

Some years ago, I learned Keith D's real name. Mostly through him giving a lot away, and me being somewhat of an amateur PI.

The thread about him being MIA resurfaced in the AH today and I decided to dig into this and I found his obit. He passed on 7/29.

I feel it would be unethical to post the link here, but there is no doubt its him. The name I knew, the right age, and the list of accomplishments in his Obit match exactly, the CIA, the theatre and when he retired his publishing/editing business.

He was an active poster here, so I thought people would want to know.

The website, www.sr71.us > Supp_BBook.htm, listing the names of all SR-71 pilots has been taken down. But RIP just the same.

 

[lovecraft68]

The website, www.sr71.us > Supp_BBook.htm, listing the names of all SR-71 pilots has been taken down. But RIP just the same.

He was never a pilot, that was proven before, and its not listed in the Obit. Nor were some of the other things he claimed, but he had an interesting life, so I don't know why he kept embellishing.

 

[Bn2f]

I followed him on the literature side. He was an accomplished writer with over 500 stories. I knew he had not commented here in some time but I could’ve sworn he just published another one of his stories just last month. I was wrong. He will be missed here and on the writing side. I will miss him for his measured and intelligent responses. Thank you for sharing this terrible news.

 

[jomar]

The website, www.sr71.us > Supp_BBook.htm, listing the names of all SR-71 pilots has been taken down. But RIP just the same.

I found a list of all sr-71 pilots, crew and others who rode but his name wasn’t on any list. As LC said above, he lived a full and interesting life, so…

 

[RobDownSouth]

Requiescat in pace, Keith D.

Fly high. You were one of the good ones.

 

[Lazaran]

I found a list of all sr-71 pilots, crew and others who rode but his name wasn’t on any list. As LC said above, he lived a full and interesting life, so…

Does anybody even know his real name???



Dude was CIA.



Just sayin…

 

[HisArpy]

My condolences to the family.

 

[jomar]

Does anybody even know his real name???



Dude was CIA.



Just sayin…

I knew where he live and checked the obits there and found him. The details were consistent with his comments here on work and publishing.

 

[DeluxAuto]

My condolences to the family.

I'm sure they will appreciate your kind words, Derpy. I know for a fact that all of his great-grandchildren are members here and follow you.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Sorry to hear that. We had some good conversations, on and off the boards.

 

[ll74]

thats the problem with retired cia operative porn star author spy plane pilots.

They post all over the internet.

Truly showing your worth in this thread. Great job

 

[Saint_Ann]

We didn't get along much.

 

[ChloeTzang]

We didn't get along much.

Keith could be rather acerbic but he was also very genuine and you always knew exactly where you stood with him. I'm going to miss him here and on the AH, as well as his stories. He was a really good writer and his competition winners were great. He wrote stories for some of the events I organized as well and they were always good. He was a many-talented guy.

 

[lovecraft68]

He was highly respected in the spy plane crew showers.

Had a mashie nibblick all the twink jet jocks were envious of.

This was his best story

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[Lance_Castro]

This was his best story

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How often do you jerk to it?

( asking for a presidential candidate)

 

[coati]

We didn't get along much.

At the rate you are going, most people will say that about you after you pass on.