Daniel Pinna
I am sorry to hear about your best friend and the funeral Nestor. But I do want to share you made me smile with him trying to get you to become “assistant to the assistant of the janitor”.
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Desmond D Bissessar 1976 - 1994
Desmond D Bissessar of W Broward Blvd, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida United States was born on June 8, 1976 in Trinidad and Tobago, and died at age 18 years old on October 25, 1994. Desmond Bissessar was buried on October 29, 1994 at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery 1500 S State Rd 7, in North Lauderdale.
Desmond D Bissessar
W Broward Blvd, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida United States
June 8, 1976
Trinidad and Tobago
October 25, 1994
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How can I summarize my best friend, Desmond? Not easy. He was very unique, funny, smart, etc. He was the only guy who made me laugh so hard I thought I needed an ambulance! He went to Cardinal Gibbons in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, whereupon he looked at my sophomore year GPA and tried to get me interested in becoming the assistant to the assistant of the janitor! He supposedly shot himself at a park listening to Metallica. He actually called me two days before his "suicide" and was excited about a girl he met at work that he had asked out. He had a rival for the girl's affections who I don't think took kindly to them. I suspect something nefarious happened to him but who can do or say anything about it now? Possibly the person at his funeral who refused to look me in the eye? Just because it was in 1994 doesn't mean I forgot about that. Did you? I know I remember you. Do you remember me? It's funny how years pass and sometimes you get an unexpected clue from an unexpected source who seemingly has nothing to do with a past event. But that clue gets you thinking. The person that gives you that particular clue could very well be someone with intimate knowledge of events you may have thought settled YEARS ago. But what does the Bible say, "Your sin will find you out." Maybe not in this life but in the next. BISSESSAR - Desmond Damian, Jr. 18 of Ft. Lauderdale died October 25, 1994. Visitation October 28, 1994 6-8 PM Mass on October 29, 1994 9:30 AM at St. Gregory Catholic Church interment to follow at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery. T.M. Plantation Funeral Home, 587-6888.
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06/81976June 8, 1976BirthdateTrinidad and TobagoBirthplaceADVERTISEMENT BY
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Cardinal Gibbons of Fort Lauderdale for High School. FIU I believe for his first and only semester.
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Catholic
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Desmond worked at Linens 'n Things from what I remember. Or a home goods type store. Man it was long ago! I don't remember where I worked back then!
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10/251994October 25, 1994Death dateUnknownGunshot to the templeCause of deathDeath locationADVERTISEMENT BY
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10/291994October 29, 1994Funeral dateOur Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery 1500 S State Rd 7, in North Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida 33068, United StatesBurial location
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3 Memories, Stories & Photos about Desmond
Nestor Coronado
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10/02/2019
I remember while they were lowering his casket. Everyone had left except for me, my mom, and two of our friends. (Kim Green I remember you being there. Because strangely enough I ended up marrying a girl with your same name who looked like you!!!!) I didn't feel it was right to watch him being lowered into the ground without me being there for him. Not rational...I know...but I just stared as it went down and sobbed. I couldn't believe this is where it would end for him. He was in the ground and was going to be covered up. That was that. There's that total sense if unfairness. That sense that of all people Desmond should've lived and I should've died. Was I any more special than he was? I remember the next night I dreamed that we were by the church at Cardinal Gibbons sitting on the wall there waiting for our parents like we used to. We talked for a bit. Then an ambulance pulled out without sound. I told him, "That's for you." He gave me a hug and got into the ambulance. That was October 1994. Then a few months ago (2019) I had an odd encounter with an ambulance driver as I was being rushed to the ER for a heat stroke. He knew some things about Desmond and what happened to him that at the time I just chalked up to hallucinating from the heat. But I hadn't thought of Desmond in a bit. And I was an EMT for a bit years ago and Desmond didn't pop into my mind those many years ago. So why that ride? Why that information? Why was I so convinced it was a suicide until the paramedic told me something else?
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Nestor Coronado
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10/02/2019
So in Fort Lauderdale there was "Miami Subs". It was the summer before our sophomore year at Cardinal Gibbons circa like 1992? I was already driving and decided to swing by and pick up "Doucheman". We were cracking jokes about this girl I used to date who obviously wasn't into me anymore so she was up for the next target of our jokes. The show "In Living Colour" was on back then and we were imitating the homeless character Damon Wayons made famous. We were walking around stumbling with a fake pickle in our imaginary jars and tying that together to my ex-girlfriend. It was something like, "Man! Since Nestor don't want her no more now she all mine!" But to see him do it was so damned funny that fries came out of my mouth! I was choking on fries and soda! Even though I knew Death was coming for me if I kept laughing I still didn't want to stop! We once got jumped by four rednecks in my new neighborhood. He was smart enough to run but I was stupid enough to think, "Four guys? Come on! That's only 3 more than what I'm used to!". On a sadder note...Desmond faced a lot of racism. Since I chose him over my other "friends" I paid the price. I wish I could say I took a righteous stand, but it was probably because I don't care who you are...NO ONE decides my friends for me.
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