Dennis had a sense of humor like Don Rickles. He was a very funny guy. Dennis played the tenor drum in the marching band at Millikan and also with the Long Beach Jr. Concert Band. We both played in the Rose Parade during our senior year. He transferred to LBCC and played tenor drum with me again in the marching band. Dennis was involved in a tragic car accident in 1970 which killed one of the LBCC pepsters that was a passenger with him in the car. It was unbelieveably vey tragic and sad as the driver of the other car was under the influence of alcohol. And to add insult to injury, the driver of the other car was the father of another pepster at LBCC. Just heartbreaking to say the least. Dennis was never really the same after that accident. He visited me on Catalina Island in the late 1970's where I was living and working at the time, and he was a shell of his former self. R.I.P. Dennis! GW
Greg Wilkins
Dennis had a sense of humor like Don Rickles. He was a very funny guy. Dennis played the tenor drum in the marching band at Millikan and also with the Long Beach Jr. Concert Band. We both played in the Rose Parade during our senior year. He transferred to LBCC and played tenor drum with me again in the marching band. Dennis was involved in a tragic car accident in 1970 which killed one of the LBCC pepsters that was a passenger with him in the car. It was unbelieveably vey tragic and sad as the driver of the other car was under the influence of alcohol. And to add insult to injury, the driver of the other car was the father of another pepster at LBCC. Just heartbreaking to say the least. Dennis was never really the same after that accident. He visited me on Catalina Island in the late 1970's where I was living and working at the time, and he was a shell of his former self. R.I.P. Dennis! GW