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Barry "Frazier Mohawk" Friedman

New York, New York

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1941 - 2012Barry Friedman, (Frazier Mohawk) 1941 - 2012 Born Barry Friedman in Los Angeles, Calfornia, 1941. Frazier Mohawk passed away on the morning of June 2, 2012 after a lengthy illness. He leaves behind his ex-wife, Essra Mohawk, Walter Sobczak (chief engineer at The Studio at Puck's...

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i wanted to share a photo of Frazier from 1968; now i can't find the photo upload thingy I missed him forever

Frazier's Memorial was really wonderful, musical, memory-filled. Here is the tribute movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pNZXcDismU&feature=youtu.be

Frazier was like the grandfather I never had, so it's fitting that I post my sympathies today. For the first few years that I knew him he was just a talking window pane, but it was only a matter of time before I thought of him as family. My fondest memory of him is when he showed up at my house without warning and took me out for iced coffee so that he could offer a safe haven, to let me know that I had a home on the farm if I needed to get away. He was an extraordinary person with an...

An angel of time came to us with friendship and love to share; to hold our hands and hearts while we stepped through time; to see inside each other; to know that more than feelings stir the pot of life. We are all better and stronger for having known you.
Love Always.

I didn't know Frazier, but knew him through Essra Mohawk's work. I was listening to her re-release of her 2 records from the early '70s this morning and then came upon this notice, strangely, just 8 days later. I will chant for your perfect transition, Monsieur Mohawk :)!

I am also shocked and saddened.

I am glad to have known you and been a small part of your tremendous life my friend. I will think of you often, of our times in CA and our email exchanges over the years. I believe we may see each other some day down that long dusty road.

Aloha Barry or Fraz if you prefer, we all miss you so much already. What a crazy, great guy! I will always remember your billboard ad campaign for the Ontario Dairy Farmers Association. "If you love Cheeses honk!" It ended up being canceled because various evangelical organizations thought it was blasphemous. Now you know how funny and genius it really was because God is laughing and welcoming you. Maybe that's why you left us so soon. God needed some really good, fun entertainment. You were...