Jay Swanson Question

atthecat

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How and when did Jay Swanson die? I'm watching some old footage of him playing Varner. What a great player.
 
Swanny

He was a great player and an even nicer person. Jay left us about 12 years ago due to heart failure. I was luck enough to get to watch him play on a weekly basis when I lived in San Diego. I have a picture of him as my avatar. He was playing in a tournement here in Austin back in 1981.
 
Playing 9-Ball for big money, Jay was one of the best ever. He liked to play $500 or a $1,000 a game!

He had an enlarged heart which gave out on him while eating lunch one day. Jay was one of the most well liked pool players, by just about everybody.
 
I got the call when I was in Nebraska visiting my mother, it was May-June 1996.

He was always great to me. I was lucky enough to get a couple of lessons here in San Diego before he died. He was eating spaghetti, and had a heart attack. Jay said he had an appt to see his doctor the next day. :(

Tina
 
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