It is wrong that Greg cannot author this obituary, as his wordcraft reflected the elegance of his unusual mind, and because he loved to tell a good story about himself. Surely it would have been colorful, as his personality was constructed on a grand scale: he was intense, obsessive, and passionate–an epic unto himself.

Gregory Ronald Buck was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 21st, 1957 to Ronald Buck and Rose Freitas Buck. He was …