Rich DellaRosa

[Greg Burnham]

A sad anniversary. The news of his death came as a shock to me, though I long knew he had been ill. More so because only about ten days before he had emailed me [I guess from the hospital] asking a very specific research question....he was working to solve the mysteries of Dallas to the very end! I think it was a very good site, with much good work done and posted.

I don't know if a copy of the forum itself still is in someone's hands. If not, there is a special software [not easy to use, but can be learned] called Warrick, which can [over a few months] re-construct any lost website. FWIW

Rest in Peace, Rich - you did your job well and are a hard act to follow and emulate!

Hi Peter,

Rich's wife, Shelby, maintains copyright ownership of all information from the JFKresearch Assassination Website. She controls not only what has been archived here at DPF, but also the actual discussion forum's contents, including all posts and past discussion threads. There is not now nor in the past has there ever been a plan to reconstruct the "forum" section of JFKresearch. Anyone who saved their own post(s) from that forum is, of course, free to post them wherever they might desire.

Speaking for myself, I think that without Rich's oversight there is perhaps a concern that the spirit of what he originated could be lost by reviving those threads and the forum. Another issue is that many of the authors of those original topics may not know that their posts have been made active again and would therefore be unable to "defend" or explain their position to those who might criticize or question their work.

I, too, long for "the good old days" and sometimes wish we could have them back again. Unfortunately, that is not to be. Rich is gone. It is what it is. We were fortunate to have him and the forum for as long as we did. But, that part has ended.

Having said all that, I am very grateful to the administrators/owners of DPF that the "non-forum" content of JFKresearch.com has found a home here.