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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''NAME: Eddie Long'''<br />
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From PGN Obituary, 2012, by Angela Thomas:<br />
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Eddie Long, one of the founders of Keystone Boys of Leather, died Nov. 14. He was 44.<br />
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As of presstime, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office said the cause of death was pending.<br />
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The Norristown native and Norristown Area High School grad was born Jan. 3, 1968 and studied at the Community College of Philadelphia and Montgomery County Community College.<br />
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Most recently, he was working as a technician for ElectroScience Labs in King of Prussia.<br />
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Long was a founder of the Keystone Boys of Leather, a fraternal leather club for self-identified leatherboys.<br />
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He was a lover of tennis, camping, the beach and reality TV shows — his favorites being “Amazing Race,” “Big Brother” and “Rock of Love.” He was a frequent visitor of The Bike Stop in Philadelphia and The Woods Campground in The Poconos, where Robb Reichard, executive director of AIDS Fund, first met Long.<br />
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Reichard referred to Long as “the life of the party.”<br />
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“He was great at getting people to have a good time. He was always up for fun and just loved life,” Reichard said. “He was somebody who walked into a room and he chatted with everyone and knew everyone. He is going to be missed.”<br />
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Former partner M. Bradley Shannon said Long was highly independent and often stubborn but was always upfront and honest.<br />
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“He knew so many people from many walks of life. Everybody who met him liked him. People didn’t have a bad word for him,” Shannon said. “You always knew where you stood with Eddie.”<br />
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Shannon said he and Long had been together for two years and after their separation, they remained very good friends.<br />
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Long’s cousin, Justin Mason, considered him to be a role model.<br />
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“He was someone that I looked up to growing up, and I would like to think that a part of his goodness and kindness rubbed off on me,” Mason said.<br />
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“He and I shared so many laughs at our grandparents’ house while I was growing up, and we kept in touch in the years that followed and got together as time would allow,” he added.<br />
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Long was pre-deceased by his mother and survived by his father, Edward J. Long Sr., and a wide circle of family and friends.<br />
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A memorial service was held Nov. 19 at the Volpe Funeral Home, 707 W. Germantown Pike in Norristown. Plans for a memorial service at the William Way LGBT Community Center are underway.<br />
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Memorial donations can be made to Foyer of Philadelphia, a homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth, at [[@http://www.foyerofphiladelphia.org|www.foyerofphiladelphia.org]].<br />
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Date of Birth: 1968<br />
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Date of Death: November 14, 2012<br />
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Age at Death: 44<br />
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