Monday, September 3, 2001

I am Karen Holland, Chuck Holloway's widow. We were married for 18 wonderful years. I miss his humor, that great laugh and mostly his loving hugs. The reason I'm writing is that I am planning to write a book about Chuck's struggles with cancer. You see, his cancer affected his voice. It originated on his tongue base and spread to his neck. By trying to save his voice we opted to try chemo instead of surgery which would have removed his larynyx, but the chemo reacted very badly to his chemistry and he forever lost his signature voice. That would be horrible to anyone but to one who loved Rock and Roll as much as Chuck did, and made his living with his voice it was beyond devastating, but he fought as hard as he could.

I would like to ask those who knew Chuck to send me a "Chuck story" if they would like to - My e-mail address is kbh701@aol.com. Or I would just like to hear from some of his old radio buddies. Don't know if this is possible here. If not, could you make any other suggestions as to where I could ask for this? Thanks so much. I remember how thrilled Chuck was when he found his name in this directory! He always just considered himself a guy who liked music and liked to play records....

Karen Bell Holland
kbh701@aol.com

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