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William J Ashworth aka "Billy Chicago"

William J Ashworth aka "Billy Chicago"

December 10th, 1944 - June 15th, 2020

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Hello and thanks for stopping by the memorial page and obituary for Bill Ashworth. I am taking down an old blog site and wanted to keep this post in the record.

...Bill's obituary is below, along with some really great photos. If you have any to add, send me an email and I’ll add them to the archive here.

-John

William J Ashworth

December 10th, 1944 - June 15th, 2020

He ran a printing press in the garage of our Tarzana Avenue home in Poway, CA in the late 80s; held together with rubber bands placed carefully at key mechanical points and at just the right tension. Just one of so many hidden signs of his untapped genius. A delicate balance of ink, art, love, passion, study and science that kept that beautiful machine, Warren Printing, this man and his family running in pursuit of dreams and love.

Dreams instilled by him, of course. Consummate dreamer. Coach. Mentor. Manager. Confidant. Gatherer of vast amount ideas, and of knowledge in so many different subjects. At one point, planning to …

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