Jay Wesley Berry

Met Jay at Foothill and we would talk til one of us would fall asleep on the phone. Such a talented and unique soul. Wishing you peace and ease my friend.

When I started working at Hal Riney, I sat next to Jay in our little studio. He was the first co-worker I met. We bonded immediately. He was hilarious. And talented. And smart. Perhaps too smart. He did not suffer fools and eventually quit for greener pastures, and then moved to LA. I didn't see him very often anymore but thought about him often. He was that kind of person. Mid 2010's I was drinking a lot at this bar near my house-Prizefighter-it was my favorite bar. One day I walk in and there's Jay sitting on a bar stool. He was good friends with the owners, apparently. I didn't even know he had moved back but turns out he bought a house in Oakland. Soon I was seeing him all the time again and it was great. Then he moved back to LA and got married and we lost touch. An occasional text but nothing more. I was just looking him up on Instagram today to find out how he's doing and got the news. So this is quite a shock, I don't know what to say. But he will be missed. Jay touched a lot of people in his own special way. xoxo

Jay was one of my best friends when I was younger, in my teens and 20's. He was smart, funny, witty, sometimes caustic, but often the first to laugh at a joke. I still have a hard time understanding what happened. I feel like I let him down somehow, though we hadn't spoken much in recent years. I'd like to send my condolences to his family, whom I didn't know so well, and to his cadre of other friends in LA and elsewhere. He was a special guy and I'll miss him.

My cousin Jay was a second brother to me growing up. Endless summer fun at the cabin He is greatly missed and always in my heart