... he sounds like the kind of guy that leaves an impression. Boxer, bartender, pool hustler -- sounds like he leveraged his talents with a kind of synergy...
Here's Bud Green's take on him: "I first met Larry 20 years ago. He was a character, that's for sure. Bit of a "Fargo" accent, played some good pool and was an absolute monster with a wild pink ball on a snooker table. He'd give people huge spots and they'd think they had the nuts until he'd drill the pink in 40 times in a row.
I remember playing in a tourney against him and I had technically won by short racking him 2x, but told him "Lets just play even" since he had to give me 2 games in a race to 5. He broke and ran a couple racks to beat me, and went on to win the tourney. He came over later with a milkshake and some money for me and said "Thanks, buddy". That was cooler than winning the tourney since I had just recently met him.
Tough cookie too...someone pissed him off when he was around 70 and he grabbed the guy by the throat. A 20 year old friend of mine tried to remove his arm and couldn't budge it. My buddy said his arm felt like a band of steel or something.
Sad, but not unexpected to hear of his passing. His health had been poor for a little while.
I'll miss him. He always greeted me with a big smile when I saw him."