Have you recently lost a close audiophile buddy? What has it taught you?

I wish that I had an audiophile friend to lose. My closest friend used to be interested in high end audio many years ago, but lost interest for a variety of reasons. Now it's just me, and I have no one to talk to about gear or music. We still go to concerts together at least, but it would really be nice to have an audiophile friend that I could talk to and see in person now and then.