For those who knew my friend Marc Harris (holding their dog on the right in this photo), he was found dead at age 54 yesterday morning by his husband, sadly. We were neighbors in the East Bay that I have known for a good 7-8 years. I spoke to Michael at length today, after texting him to offer an ear. He is, of course, in touch with Marc’s only remaining family, his brother. Michael asks that we respect his privacy at this time. He is handling the situation as well as can be expected. He specifically said that I can tell you that while Marc had some health issues, he was not suffering from an illness, so this was an unexpected death that happened in his sleep.
I got the opportunity to work with Marc at Southwest, and he was one of the few flight attendants I had no worries flying with. Not only was he efficient and capable, turbulence couldn’t scare him if it tried.
We really bonded over video games. Once all the work was done, he’d pull out his Steam Deck and I’d sit down with my Switch. Every once and a while we’d break to talk about new releases or old classics. He introduced me to Dr. Pepper Whattaburger shakes and we spent our entire Las Vegas overnight getting one (and they had the audacity to be out of stock!).
It was a pleasure to fly with Marc and and even greater pleasure to get to meet him. My condolences, gamers lost a real one ❤️🎮