Michael James Reed
1953-2005
As I blogged earlier, Mike Reed, known to the blogosphere as Bunker Mulligan, has breathed his last.
For the most touching tributes, I leave it to his children. They look at him as he lived as a father and a husband. Go read — I can only hope my family remembers me with such love and respect.
Bunker was a member of the Homespun Bloggers, and Major Dad eulogizes him there:
Homespun Bloggers and the blogosphere lost a great blogger, a leader, and a friend on Friday. Bunker Mulligan passed away on Friday morning of a very sudden and unexpected heart attack.
Mike Reed, will certainly be missed here…but I know that he’ll continue to do well where he is now. He’ll crank out posts several times a day, in between his time on the real “championship” golf courses “up there.”
Hit them long and straight my friend! Save me a seat at the 19th hole! While I hope I can put off our first face to face meeting for another 50 years, since we didn’t get that done here on earth, I’ll be looking forward to seeing you then.
Bunker was also the founder of Texas Bloggers. Fellow Texas blogger Eric Siegmund remembers Bunker in much the same spirit that I do:
The blogging community and Texas bloggers in particular have lost a friend as we learned that Mike Reed died of an apparent heart attack last Friday.
I didn’t know Mike except through his blogging, and that’s my loss. He seemed to be the “real deal,” unfailingly polite, kind, generous, wise and witty. His primary blog, Bunker Mulligan, was also his nom de blog, but he was also the founder of Texas Bloggers, a “community blog” for those of us residing in this great state.
Finally, Bunker was a MilBlogger. The Mudville Gazette‘s Greyhawk, father of the MilBloggers, pays tribute:
Bunker was a voice of reason in the all too often noisy blogosphere, and it’s obvious he touched quite a few lives – all over the world – via his blog and in person. I always appreciated his commentary, the thoughts he chose to share with us all were both kind and wise.
I’d like to note that Bunker went down as a MilBlogger, as his last post recalled his proud service.
As my last tribute to the man, I will add the fine charity Homes for Our Troops to my links section. I will also think of Bunker as I make a contribution, per his family’s wishes.