What a beautiful post. Sounds like you knew him much better than I did, which makes me happy for, yet envious of, you.Loved Gannon, such a complicated yet straightforward man. We had good offline talks about interesting things.
After his death lots of people mentioned long ongoing off board discussions with him as well. Guy was a curiosity machine and he loved learning about how different people ticked.
MENSA member, Kimbo fighter, took being a cop to Serpico levels... had a forrest gump like ability to just be there when important shot went down.
There will never be another.
I'd say his story should be told, but I don't think it could be, everyone had such unique and personal interactions with him.
He lived 10 lives yet died too young.
I'm proud he called me friend.
I will say that in my experience, Gannon was one of those guys that even if you barely knew him, he'd treat you like he had known you for years.
And even if years *had* passed since you last talked, when you did reconnect, you could pick right back up & never miss a beat.