Post #363536 by tiki_kiliki on Tue, Feb 26, 2008 7:29 AM

2 years ago I began a new job managing a Salon/Day Spa here in Fort Lauderdale, a couple of days on the job I noticed a name on the computer on one of my providers schedule that stopped me dead in my tracks. Jack Thornton. Could it be? Nah - of course not. 2 days later, I see a gentleman struggling with a walker entering the building, it was Jack Thornton, I was in the presence of someone so important I found it difficult to speak. I welcomed him, I smiled at him and I noted how incredibly fragile he was. I am so honored to have met him.

Jack,

May you rest in peace. I would have loved to have spoken to you about the Mai-Kai, what stories you could have told us all. There are not words to express my gratitude for creating one of the most amazing Tiki palaces in the world, it is my home away from home. I will toast you and Bob this week at the Mai-Kai, may your legacy live on...........

Obit: http://www.legacy.com/SunSentinel/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=104294254