On Friday, December 31, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Daniel Grenier wrote:

I have bought many an item from Zone VI over the past 20+ years; subscribed to their newsletter from day-one; and I even went to Newfane on a couple occasions back in the early 80s. I saw Fred Picker's Zone VI taken from a small, excellent supplier of good things to what is now an undefined,
fuzzy, and odd fitting segment of Calumet. I was sorry to see the demise of Zone VI as I knew it but does anyone know what happened to Fred Picker? He seems to have disappeared from the photo scene. Just curious.... Thanks and happy Y2K. Daniel G.

It's my understanding that Fred had/developed diabetes and grew weary of dealing with it - gathered his friends and announced that he would no longer take his needed insulin. He passed several days later.

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