The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[SpooPoker]

Hey guys -

Long time no post. Unfortunately I come back into the thread today with some sad news.

Many of us old timers knew Keith, @kbadgley84 - A few minutes ago I received a call from his ex wife letting me know that Keith left this world on March 1st.

Keith and I particularly remained close after we kind of slowed back our posts here on SF. Keith and I texted all the time - he was a talented chef who had a penchant for foie gras as I did, so we would trade food pics all the time. Despite him being in Florida and me in NY - and never actually meeting face to face, Keith was like one of my old buddies from high school the way we would speak to each other, so this is particularly hard for me to process.

Keith and his ex-wife shared two small children (5 and 7). If any of you all are here from the way long days ago, if you remember I had started a fund for another one of our members who left too soon from this world, so as I told his ex-wife, I would like to do something similar again for his kids. I'll need a few days to kind of process the news and figure out logistics, but I hope I can count on you guys to help a bit out.

His ex-wife told me that he absolutely adored this community and she would frequently ask him to "get off freaking styleforum" to do other stuff (know the feeling). She also said she found some of the things he would post that he thrifted which made me chuckle.

Anyway, I promised her I would let you guys know.

 

[eazye]

Man, this is terrible. One of my best friends and my sister both passed away a couple years ago and @kbadgley84 was always checking up on me through instagram to see if I was ok. What a loss for his family and everyone else, including this community. RIP.

 

[sushijerk]

Oh noooo what a sad thing to hear. Keith just posted not too long ago he was starting a new phase in life and we were all wishing the best for him. I will miss trading thrift items with him and seeing him on this thread.

 

[txwoodworker]

That's really sad, thanks for letting us know.

 

[Purplelabel]

My god. Will miss ya, mate.

How life changes, just the other day we were planning a Florida meet up. Damn!

Keith was one of the loveliest guys I have ever spoken to and the only other guy I knew with Bottega Dodgers.

 

[capnwes]

@kbadgley84 reached out on a few occasions to say hello and check on how my back was feeling.

 

[330CK]

damn that’s awful…keith was always super nice whenever our paths crossed in the field.

 

[impuntura]

Damn.
Rest in peace.

 

[goatamous II]

I'll echo what the others have said - always friendly whenever we messaged / chatted. Traded with him a couple of times.
Awful news.

 

[impuntura]

His last post for posterity.

 

[Woofa]

Very sad, RIP.

 

[vandelay74]

I didn’t know him other than as a warm, earnest contributor to this thread with some deep, reliable brand knowledge.

Sounds like he was a good friend to you all too. What a loss.

 

[JChong8]

Keith was one of the few people that reached out to me directly with warm words when I shared that my father had passed away in the thread. He sent me a message outside of SF. I think that speaks volumes of the type of guy he was.

 

[RFHansen]

What a terrible loss for his family and sad for the SF community. Kbadgley's posts were always enjoyable to read, and I liked his presence here. Sounds like a stand-up guy from what you guys have to say. May he rest in peace.

 

[flipstah]

Oh damn RIP @kbadgley84 !

We were just chatting a while back about random stuff on IG. He was a good one that left too early.