Sad day indeed

From Derby City, 2015. Danny doing his closed eye trick for me😊
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Great aet of photos in the opening post. I only knew Danny through his commentary, but glad for that. :cry:
 
ImaPoolnut said:
I put together a wonderful timeline of the past 20 years with Danny, we had some of the best times of my life and I will miss him dearly. Hope your enjoy...

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Buffalo Danny DiLiberto · May 31, 2008 – Feb 11, 2025 📸

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We were blessed to have Danny visit our poolroom a number of times in the late 1990s and early 2000s, whenever he visited one of his many close friends, who lived in nearby Morganton, NC.

My recollections of him as an extremely nice man, who never once bragged about his past pool accomplishments, and he spent some time helping me with my 14.1 game.
 
Cuebuddy said:
In my opinion, an pictorial eulogy of the man in the last 20 years. Very nice of you, Danny was lucky to have you as a friend.
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In some ways Danny was like a father to me. I grew up in Buffalo in the late 60's and 70's and Danny was a local legend by that time. I'd sit and watch him play Joe Moran and Rochester area legends like Irving Crane and Mike Sigel. Then Danny left Western NY for Arizona and eventually Hollywood, Fl. He came back to WNY about 15 years ago and moved right across the street from my local pool room. We began a great friendship based on respect and admiration and I was fortunate to spend almost 7 years playing One Pocket with him. Those are lessons I will never forget. He had such a wonderful sense of humor, was a pretty good cook and in all the years I've known Danny (over 50), he's never swore once, and strongly objected if you swore in the presence of women or children. The world is a lesser place without guys like him who came from a generation that was genuine and you could look up to.
 
ImaPoolnut said:
In some ways Danny was like a father to me. I grew up in Buffalo in the late 60's and 70's and Danny was a local legend by that time. I'd sit and watch him play Joe Moran and Rochester area legends like Irving Crane and Mike Sigel. Then Danny left Western NY for Arizona and eventually Hollywood, Fl. He came back to WNY about 15 years ago and moved right across the street from my local pool room. We began a great friendship based on respect and admiration and I was fortunate to spend almost 7 years playing One Pocket with him. Those are lessons I will never forget. He had such a wonderful sense of humor, was a pretty good cook and in all the years I've known Danny (over 50), he's never swore once, and strongly objected if you swore in the presence of women or children. The world is a lesser place without guys like him who came from a generation that was genuine and you could look up to.
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From a pool standpoint, I bet there are few players out there that knew Danny better than yourself.
Massive loss to the pool community and you. I bet you have some stories:cool:
 
Please help out Danny DiLiberto's daughter as she is trying to gather donations to give her dad a proper celebration of life and burial. Any donations will be humbly accepted at her Gofundme page she setup in for of her dad.

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jay helfert said:
Thanks for all the pics! I first met him when he was that young gun.
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Hi Jay,

Danny spoke often of you during many of his Sunday dinners over Steak DiLiberto and a bottle of chianti.

He considered you a friend and patriarch of pool. Coming from him that means alot.
 
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Cuebuddy said:
From a pool standpoint, I bet there are few players out there that knew Danny better than yourself.
Massive loss to the pool community and you. I bet you have some stories:cool:
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For sure. I knew of Danny during those young years, but I was too young to be in halls and only became close with Danny upon his return to Buffalo 15+ years ago.

I'm sure the guys he was closest with, like Sigel, Rempe and Lisciotti could've told you many more stories about Danny, especially Rempe & Sigel who did a ton of fishing with him.

He lived an extremely fulfilling life and I'm happy to have been in a few pages of his lifes book.
 
ImaPoolnut said:
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For sure. I knew of Danny during those young years, but I was too young to be in halls and only became close with Danny upon his return to Buffalo 15+ years ago.

I'm sure the guys he was closest with, like Sigel, Rempe and Lisciotti could've told you many more stories about Danny, especially Rempe & Sigel who did a ton of fishing with him.

He lived an extremely fulfilling life and I'm happy to have been in a few pages of his lifes book.
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He took me out one time from his place in Hollywood where he had a boat docked. It was okay gliding through the deltas and the bay until we got out into the open ocean. Then he took off and we we went out a good twenty miles or more off shore and caught some nice kingfish, sea bass and even a barracuda. I got sick as a dog and spent the last half of the trip down below throwing up and grimacing in pain. Danny commisserated with me but couldn't help poking fun of me the landlubber. I was laughing through my agony. No more sea going adventures for me.
 
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ImaPoolnut said:
Hi Jay,

Danny spoke often of you during many of his Sunday dinners over Steak DiLiberto and a bottle of chianti.

He considered you a friend and patriarch of pool. Coming from him that means alot.
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Danny always treated me like his kid brother and I liked that. I lost my older brother when he was only 29 in a racing accident.
 
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