The passing of Steve Crosno
Steve Crosno tribute: click here www.stevecrosno.com
It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of our dear friend Steve Crosno. Although those of us closest to him at the end, knew that death was imminent, the news is still difficult to bear. He meant so many things to so many different people for many different reasons. He touched us all. It would be impossible to accurately capture the depth of this loss here. As Sonny Melendrez so aptly said in an email to me a few hours ago ..."He died with the knowledge that he was loved by so many." I said my goodbyes to Steve about a week ago and I can tell you that he was at peace and he was ready to make the transition. Despite the unfortunate and uninformed speculation that I heard recently, let me set the record straight. Steve died from advanced emphysema and a recent terminal cancer which had spread beyond an inoperable tumor. To complicate matters, his kidneys were damaged two years ago when he allowed a urinary tract infection to go untreated for lack of money or health insurance. The cancer treatment was likely too much for Steve's fragile condition to handle and he died peacefully in his sleep at his home sometime Saturday morning. His body was tired and he let go. The coroner has ruled Steve's death from natural causes. Steve's personal challenges and condition in these last few years triggered myself, Carlos Flores from Premiere entertainment, Attorney Enrique Medrano and many other volunteers to do what we could to help someone who had given so much to us. You see, Steve gave me my first job in commercial radio and helped launched my career in an industry that has offered me some degree of success and much of my identity. So for me it was easy to offer-up any resources available to me ... hence the Crosno Tribute CD. Perhaps in the days to come some journalist can truly capture the meaning of Steve Crosno, this unique, gifted, complex, unselfish and kind soul who has now departed. We will miss you Steve. Rest in Peace. We will meet again.
Former El Paso celebrity Sonny Melendrez, now in San Antonio has started a tribute page for Steve on his personal website. To get more information and postings on the life of Steve Crosno go to: www.stevecrosno.com
Other announcements pertaining to services for Steve will be posted here as details become available.
It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of our dear friend Steve Crosno. Although those of us closest to him at the end, knew that death was imminent, the news is still difficult to bear. He meant so many things to so many different people for many different reasons. He touched us all. It would be impossible to accurately capture the depth of this loss here. As Sonny Melendrez so aptly said in an email to me a few hours ago ..."He died with the knowledge that he was loved by so many." I said my goodbyes to Steve about a week ago and I can tell you that he was at peace and he was ready to make the transition. Despite the unfortunate and uninformed speculation that I heard recently, let me set the record straight. Steve died from advanced emphysema and a recent terminal cancer which had spread beyond an inoperable tumor. To complicate matters, his kidneys were damaged two years ago when he allowed a urinary tract infection to go untreated for lack of money or health insurance. The cancer treatment was likely too much for Steve's fragile condition to handle and he died peacefully in his sleep at his home sometime Saturday morning. His body was tired and he let go. The coroner has ruled Steve's death from natural causes. Steve's personal challenges and condition in these last few years triggered myself, Carlos Flores from Premiere entertainment, Attorney Enrique Medrano and many other volunteers to do what we could to help someone who had given so much to us. You see, Steve gave me my first job in commercial radio and helped launched my career in an industry that has offered me some degree of success and much of my identity. So for me it was easy to offer-up any resources available to me ... hence the Crosno Tribute CD. Perhaps in the days to come some journalist can truly capture the meaning of Steve Crosno, this unique, gifted, complex, unselfish and kind soul who has now departed. We will miss you Steve. Rest in Peace. We will meet again.
Former El Paso celebrity Sonny Melendrez, now in San Antonio has started a tribute page for Steve on his personal website. To get more information and postings on the life of Steve Crosno go to: www.stevecrosno.com
Other announcements pertaining to services for Steve will be posted here as details become available.
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