We spent many nights together at the Pink Flamingo back in Buffalo in the day. He was charming and generous and brilliant. He once told me that Neil Young wrote “musical graffiti” and that “Heroes” was the only David Bowie song he could really tolerate. I was always very, very happy to see him.

Please read Richard Chon’s short piece on Fred.

Addendum: Below is a photo of Fred posted on Facebook by his friend Liz Licata.