I just found out that a dear friend of mine died this weekend. I met him through my friend Jason over 8 years ago, when he was only 15.
His name, Todd Wallace AKA Todd Homme.
He grew up in Sac, went to Kennedy and grew up around his friends, Jason, Derek, and Tre. All four of them, gay as all heck, and flaming together.
I’m sad because I knew Todd, and I hung out with him a number of times. Even had him stay over a few times. He had an amazing personality, awesome talent, and was just an all around great guy.
He was recently on the Lifetime series Blush. He made it to the finals, but finished in 2nd place. It came to the end of the finale show and I saw a screen saying “Rest In Peace: Todd Wallace”. I thought, surely not as I’d just talked to him a few weeks ago to congratulate his work on the show and to say hi from back in his old days. I also passed along my friend Jason’s number, and he and Jason caught up.
Apparently he and his boyfriend went to bed for a nap, and he didn’t wake up. According to his mother…”I went to the medical examiner early today, and they took tissue samples from his organs and the doctor said they couldn’t find anything wrong with him,” said Amster. “No drugs, alcohol or pills.” Despite no prior heart condition, the examiners took tissue from the lining of his heart for testing after theorizing it could be related to his heart muscle, she said.
From this article.
He was truly an amazing guy. I know I’ll miss him and many others will as well.
Some old photos of him at my place…
Todd and Jason
Todd and Some other guy
Todd Sleeping on the Couch
Todd at the Computer with Jason
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