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Fernando Fernandez
Fernando Fernandez of Chula Vista, California and a member of the Dago chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club died at 9:40 pm Thursday, March 18th in the Intensive Care Unit of Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. Fernandez was removed from life support yesterday morning, briefly flat lined, revived, and finally succumbed last night. Fernandez [...]
Continue reading...Jeremy H. “Coal” Steigerwalt
31. January 2010
Jeremy H. “Coal” Steigerwalt of Ephrata, Pennsylvania was killed around 7 pm on January 18th after his motorcycle collided with an unidentified vehicle in the northbound lane of Route 222 in Mannheim Township. Steigerwalt died of traumatic brain injury and was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no witnesses to the accident. Police are [...]
Continue reading...Tommy “Tommy Gun” Martinez
19. January 2010
Tommy “Tommy Gun” Martinez died December 24th, 2009. He was a patch holder in the American Latino Motorcycle Association. A.L.M.A. is a one piece patch club in Phoenix and the club lost two brothers in less than two weeks. Max Joseph “Dragon” Aragon died January 3rd as he was returning home from Martinez’ wake. Martinez [...]
Continue reading...Florence-Marie Cooper
17. January 2010
Florence-Marie Cooper, the presiding judge in the current Mongols case, died late Thursday night. At least partly because prosecutors have hidden so much of the case against the members and associates of the Mongols Motorcycle Club, that case will probably be her least well known. She will probably be remembered longest for being the judge [...]
Continue reading...Max Joseph “Dragon” Aragon
11. January 2010
Max Joseph “Dragon” Aragon died January 3rd and he was buried last Saturday at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix. He was a patch holder in the American Latino Motorcycle Association. A.L.M.A. is a one piece patch club in Phoenix and a member of the Arizona Confederation of Clubs. Max Aragon was riding his motorcycle [...]
Continue reading...Hugh Harrison “Harry” Hurt
2. December 2009
Harry Hurt, the author of the only comprehensive investigation ever made into the factors that effect motorcycle safety, died November 29th at Pomona Valley Hospital east of Los Angeles. Susan Carpenter of the Los Angeles Times has reported that he died from a heart attack that was the result of back surgery on November 22nd. [...]
Continue reading...Elmer Kelton
8. September 2009
Elmer Kelton, the best writer of American westerns since at least Zane Grey has died. In 1995, a fraternal organization called the Western Writers of America voted Kelton the best western writer who ever lived. Kelton became a great novelist in his spare time. He lived a writer’s life. He spent most of his career [...]
Continue reading...Bruce Rossmeyer
19. August 2009
Bruce Rossmeyer, the millionaire Harley-Davidson dealer who owned Destination Daytona, died July 30th on the ride to Sturgis. Rossmeyer was on Route 28, a lonely, 76-mile stretch of road in western Wyoming when a pickup truck cut him off. According to a spokesman for the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Rossmeyer was traveling with five other motorcyclists [...]
Continue reading...Edward James “Deacon” Proudfoot
25. July 2009
Someone you should remember has died. Edward James “The Deacon” Proudfoot rode with the Oakland Charter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club for more than 40 years and he managed to stay out of jail and out of the newspapers most of that time. In a feature story titled “Hells Angels – Homes, Wives and [...]
Continue reading...Dwight Alan Sluder
23. July 2009
Dwight Alan Sluder, President of the Winston-Salem charter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was found dead in his own home on Baux Mountain Road in Germantown, North Carolina on July 15th. He had been shot in the head. Sluder owned his home for 12 years and none of his neighbors in the quiet neighborhood [...]
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19. March 2010
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