Rex Babin

Happened to think of Rex, and made my way to this page. I worked with Rex in the tiny art department of the Newport Beach Daily Pilot. My first real job, and he was as good a boss as he was a friend. We were all happy for him when he got his big break to intern with the Denver Post, but it was hard not to grieve, because things just weren't the same without him. We lost touch over the years, but I figured sooner or later, we'd bump into each other. And then I heard he had passed away. It's...

Please accept my sincere condolences and sincere prayers that go out to the surviving family and friends. May the God of comfort continue to bless you and yours especially after such an untimely loss of a very precious life please accept my deepest sympathies. (2 Cor. 1:2, 3).

He made me think. Miss his genius.

I was just searching for Rex an old school friend...actually elementary school friend...and I'm just floored I just can't believe this has happened.

Peace Rex

I am so sorry to hear of his passing. As a regular times Union reader, I missed him greatly when he moved to the Sacramento bee. His wife and family have my deepest condolences. He was one-of-a-kind. Rosalie Powers

You will be oh so missed old friend!
Sacramneto,Ca
Samuel Ayala

I knew Rex right after he graduated college. We had some mutual friends from San Diego and we would go out drinking in and around Orange County. Dreaming and planning our futures. we were so young and full of promise and hope then. I lost track of him over the years until this article popped up, very sad. We always had great conversations, not the menial, narrow ones that mostly occur in bars, but meaty political, social, and spiritual conversations,,,sometimes it helped when were trying to...