RIP Howard Portnoy 1940-2009

So sorry to hear Mike.
 
He looked as proud as any father could be in that picture.
 
RIP Mr. Portnoy.

Never easy when the old man passes away. R.I.P.

Hi Mike...I wanted only to tell you that I am sorry so much..for your Father,as you can see your fan's affection doesn't miss...
hold on Mike...a Hug,i love you.
 

THE MUSIC IS MY POWER!
IN CONSTANT MOTION!!!
CARPE DIEM!!!

I`m truly sorry for your loss Mike.

I'm so sorry...
My sincere condolences to you and your family, MP.

My deepest thoughts of prayer to you and your entire family MP. I am absolutely saddenned to hear this dark news.

"We signed our fair share of girl's tits, but it was their boyfriends that really paid attention to us." - MP in August '05 Classic Rock Magazine

NC's Fire Dept Incidents

R.I.P.

Warning: Alcohol before the pregnancy may cause the pregnancy.

Mike!.....What can I say.
It's always been apparent how much your father means to you.
Sorry to hear the news.
Al

My deepest condolences and sympathies.....You have always been open about your love for your father and so his passing takes on a much deeper sorrow for us as well.  Take care Mike...and as for the kids...keep Grandpa's spirit alive.

I just read about this and i'm so sorry.
My condolences to the whole Portnoys family.
RIP Mr Portnoy

  Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.

So sorry Mike...
There are no words for a moment like this...
And yes, The Spirit Carries On !
RIP Mr. Portnoy.

CARPE DIEM!

My deepest condolences to you and your family, friends ...

My deepest sympathy MP for you and your entire family.

Damn Mike I am so sorry to hear this.

I went through this in 2001 with my dad and know what it feels like......

A modern day warrior named Tom Sawyer who floated down a river on a raft with a black guy........

R.I.P.  Howard Portnoy

:P

My deepest and heartfelt condolences to you for this loss, Mike.  My prayers will be with you.

I notice I share the same birthday as your father...I'm honored!

I got no distance left to run... 

Am so very sorry for your loss sir.

Very sorry to hear this.
My deepest condolences to you and your family Mike.
R.I.P

R.I.P..My condolences, Mike.

Learning to live!

So sorry for your loss. I lost both my folks last year and know the feeling. He'll live on in your memories.

If there ain't no gold at the end of the rainbow, I'll settle for the pot

My deepest condolences Mike.

It's really sad to hear about Howard. I hope the whole family and all his friends get through this tough time. My closest friend died from cancer a few years ago so I guess I could say I know a little how it feels to lose your best friend. Well, I know there isn't much anybody can do to help but I guess just do what you can to stay strong.
 
R.I.P. Howard

All good things must come to an end, it's the tragic irony of giving life. My hopes for a healthy and speedy recovery to all those who have been saddened by this senseless loss.

Ian Macdonald
SDM

My condolences to you and your family Mike.

-just visiting this planet-

 My deepest condolences, Mr. Portnoy. It's always hard to hear something that bad, so I can't imagine how would it be to lose someone that has been so important as him.

THE SPIRIT CARRIES ON. ALWAYS.

-Giuseppe

Oh god that's awful... very sorry to hear MP
We hope you and your family are okay, god bless  :(

Sorry for your loss!

"It's a cakewalk on easy street, it's a new kind of day"

Sorry for your loss Mike. My thoughts are with you and your family
R.I.P. Howard Portnoy.

romdrums

There are no lesbians in the world, only women who haven't heard the Hollow Years LAB solo.

Sorry for your loss MP..

oh no, this is so sad to hear, may he rest in peace.

I guess a positive way to see it would be that he led a long and fulfilled life, and he must have been really proud of his kids..

Just read the thread.
 
I am sorry for yours and families loss.  You know he will be with you always.
 
Thoughts and Prayers to you and your family.  And remember that  he is in Paradise now and you will see him again.

A bad DT album (as if such a thing will ever exist) is 100x better than anyone elses good album.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

So sorry to hear Mike.
Condolences to you and your family.



...and if love remains...

I'm so sorry for your loss Mike. Know that my thoughts are with you and those grieving.

Here he comes. Here comes John Wayne. "I'm not going to cry about my Pa. I'm going to build an airport... Put my name on it." Why, Michael? So you can fly away from your feelings?

My deepest condolences. That should be so hard for you.

:'(

Taffer


I guess a positive way to see it would be that he led a long and fulfilled life, and he must have been really proud of his kids..

that's what i was thinking.
my mom is in her 50's and she has severe alzheimer's. she could barely remember me by the time i got out of high school.

he should be very proud of what he left behind.
i'm glad you two were there for him along the way.

i'm sorry mike and family.

 

Sorry to hear that, Mike. Seems like you and your dad had a great relationship and that's a treasure that can never be taken away. Big hug to you and the family.

Faith is not a virtue. Faith is gullibility. It’s evidence that determines whether or not your perception of reality is reasonable and in conjunction with the world as it is. -Matt Dillahunty

I'm really sorry for this great loss, Mike.
 
My deepest and sincere condolences to you and your family.

I'm very sorry to hear about your loss Mike. Hang in there.

So sorry to hear the news.  Your dad is in my prayers.

R.I.P

He"ll always be remembered.

The Spirit Carries On

Very sorry to hear this. You are in my prayers.

My Tama Rockstars

My Ludwig Vistalites

So sorry Mike, take care Man.

TjRael

My sincerest sympathies to you and your family Mike...

Your family is in my prayers...

My deepest condolences to you and your family, Mike.  You're all in my thoughts today. 

Please know that we all share your feelings and sympathize with you.

Sorry for your loss, Mike.

My sincerest condolences to you and your family at this difficult time.

RIP Mister Howard.

RIP.  Sorry for your loss.

My deepest condolences to you and your family Mike.

RIP Howard

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I am truly sorry. RIP Howard Portnoy.  

"I like you. You have balls. I like balls."  TEAM AMERICA : WORLD POLICE

"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost."  -Abraham Lincoln

So sorry to hear, Mike. I know that when the day comes when I lose my dad, I'll be inconsolably devastated for a long time.
Know that you and yours are in my prayers.
- Dave

Sorry for you loss, Mike!

Rest in Peace, Howard.

Mike,

I just wanted you to know that I was sad to hear this news, and that I'll be thinking of you and your family through this tough time. I did not know that your father had been battling cancer, and I know that watching your dad go through that must have been the hardest thing in your life to deal with. It's good to know that you were there to say goodbye to him, because so many of us never get the chance to do that when we lose someone in our lives, and I hope that your time with him in his last chapter of his life was special to you and your memory of him.

You will be in our hearts and prayers - may God bring you peace through this and give you the strength to endure sorrow.

We Love you , Mike.

-Allen

Sorry for your loss Mike. RIP Howard.

My sincerest condolences, Mike. May God and the goodness of your Dad's life bring you comfort during the most difficult moments after his passing.

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."
-C.S. Lewis

My condolences, MP. He'll be  always in our prayers.

Howard: may you R.I.P

"Welcome to the wasteland
Where you'll find ashes, nothing but ashes"

Mike,

I can't seem to find the words to properly express my condolences.  My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

Hal

Sorry to hear about you Fathers passing... Mike my prayers go out to you and your family.

Mike Portnoy is the greatest drummer alive.
www.myspace.com/mcon86 or find me on facebook.

I'm sorry to hear that, Mike. My sincere condolences to you and your family.

 
 

my deepest thoughts, hope you are handling this the best you can.

Sometimes you just don't know what to say.

Wow...when I was getting back home from a road trip yesterday, I was contemplating whether I should listen to ACoS or not, because I would only want to listen to it if I listen to the entire thing.

In the end, I jokingly said to my self "Carpe Diem because I may not hear this song again!" or something like that. So I did, and I barely finished the song right when I got home.

I barely found out about MP's dad's passing away just now...

I'm so sorry MP...I've always thought about what It'd be like when I lose either one or both of my parents, and I can't help but think that I'm not going to be able to handle it when it finally comes..

My condolences to your family, MP

RIP Howard Portnoy

Get up and deconstruct.

My condolences to you and your family Mike!

I'm so sorry about your loss Mike. I know what you're going through, my Grandpa passed away last year at this same time of the month. You and your family have my greatest sympathies. Hope you take care.

Sorry to hear about your loss Mike. My condolences to you and your family.

Step 1: You start running. There is no Step 2....

-Barney Stinson's advice on running a marathon.

Very sorry to hear this Mike. His spirit will carry on. Take care, Carpe Diem!

Dear Mike, my sincerest condolences to you and your family.

Be well.

My thoughts are with you and your family.  Hang in there.

Sorry to hear of the sad news Mike, my thoughts are with you and your family bud.

Sincerest condolensces Mike... "The Spirit Carries On" in deed... DT's song was foremost in my mind back in June last year when my dear Mother passed away after a long and meaningful life. That picture of you and your dad is absolutely killer and a great way to always remember how much he meant... Your dad is in a far better place now and free of all our earthly discomforts... Carpe Diem!!!

Further to the posting of the interview I did with Howard (thanks Greg), I would like to include my introductory ramblings as a small tribute to Howard.

Introduction by Kerry Parker
 
Mike Portnoy is extremely fond of his dad. You can tell by the way he talks about him and illustrated by the fact that he had his dad join him on the commentary for the Yellow Matter Custard DVD. It had been clear to me for a long time that a lot of Mike’s inspiration and love of music comes from his father and I was hoping to one day meet this inspirational man! Luckily for me (as regular readers of New Voice will know) the opportunity came at the Aftershow at Radio City Music Hall, New York in April after DT’s final show of the Octavarium Tour. Scott Hansen introduced me to Howard Portnoy and I gave a copy of New Voice to him. It occurred to me very quickly that if I was keen to meet and talk to Howard then most likely other people would be keen to hear a bit about what is important to him and (hopefully!) some stories about Mike growing up. So never one to miss an opportunity, I asked Howard whether he would agree to do an interview for New Voice and he accepted. Several months later, as we began to put this mammoth issue together, I got in touch with Howard and he agreed to answer my questions.
 
I would like to take the opportunity to thank Howard for putting up with my pestering emails and Taking the Time to type up such thoughtful interesting answers – he truly is a gent!

I hope the tense doesn't jar too much...

You and your family are in our thoughts Mike, I will miss receiving emails from Howard and I stand by my final statement of the interview - MP, your dad was truly a gent.

*hugs*
K x

I expressed my condolences earlier, but I have to mention having just watched MP's Score the other day with commentary, you could tell how proud MP was when talking about his Dad being in the audience.  With that commentary being recorded in November, and knowing what we know now, I imagine it must've been a little hard talking about him without getting choked up.  I know it was like that for me before and after my Dad died last January knowing the inevitable was coming (my Dad had cancer too), so this really hit home for me the other day with it being almost a year now.  And to reiterate Kerry's mention of the YMC DVD, when that came out I posted how I absolutely loved HP's commentary on that.  I will have to watch/listen to that again.  So once again, my condolences. 

In the dead of night, Rob bites, Rob bites...

Man I just finshed watching the commentary on the Drum Score DVD and Mike talked about how happy his dad was at the show and I remember thinking how cool that was and then I read this today.

I can't imagine what you and your family are going through.  I hope I  am strong enough like you and your family to be there at the end like that.  That is one of my biggest fears.

My families prayers are with you and your family.

RIP HP

I can't really add much to what's been said already except my deepest condolences. From what I've seen and read from you, he undoubtedly did a good job raising you.

*peace*

sorry mike.

R.I.P

don't know how to say as usual...deeply sorry to hear that news

My condolences to you and your family Mike.
A big Hug for you.