Author:
Jundo Gregory Gibbs (Hopeful)
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Date Posted: 12:59:07 12/13/08 Sat
>>It has been a year now ans still I am deeply shocked
>>and saddened by Minako's passing.I was Minako's Record
>>producer. I produced her " Overseas " album and wrote
>>HeartBreak, Sneak Away With Me and Girltalk for her. I
>>will always remember her smile and always remembering
>>to bring me Tea Candy to the recording studio.. I am
>>to hurt to say anymore at this time.. I will miss you.
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>>Your Producer and brother
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>>John Wilson
>Dear Mr.Wilson, I am sorry for your loss. I became a
>fan of Honda Minako's when I was in Japan 1991-1994
>and she remained special to me. While Seiko Masuda's
>fans may have longed for their idol Minako's fans
>genuinely loved her. We would have given her a kidney
>if she needed it, stood in front of her to take the
>bullet were she attacked by an assassin. I am
>convinced that millions of us still love her in that
>way. She was beautiful, talented, sweet, sensual, a
>complete human person. We all knew this just from
>C.D.'s and videos. I believe she is singing to Amida
>Buddha is the Pure Land now. She is also, in a real
>sense, a kami, a window into the inconceivable for
>many who would otherwise lack spirituality. The
>universe itself must sense the goodness her fans and
>her friends like you saw in her. More than an angel,
>as Brian May referred to her, a Bodhisattva and a
>goddess. How could any woman embody talent, beauty,
>warmth and sensuality any more fully than she did? I
>must seem very naive for a 59 year old man from the
>USA, but I am convinced that millions still feel what
>I do for her. She was incomparable and I regret that
>you had to lose that dear person who was your friend.
>In your own way I wonder if you don't suspect the sort
>of positive new life unfolding for her that I imagine
>through the auspices of the Buddha's Pure Realm of
>Influence (O Jo Do). Gassho/With palms together,
>Gregory Gibbs, Oregon Buddhist Temple, Portland Oregon
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