About Lee Alan Lee Burke was born on July 26, 1946 at 8:52 a.m., approximately seven minutes after I was born. Although his first name was Alan, everyone started calling him Lee because it went so well with my name, Linda. Linda and Lee, Lee and Linda – sounds good together, doesn’t it. Lee and I were very close, as only another twin could understand, yet we were really very opposite. He was blond, I am a brunette; he was left-handed, I am right-handed; he loved chocolate, I love vanilla; he loved the Dodgers, I was crazy about the Yankees; and as kids he was the quiet one and I was more outgoing. Although it looks like we were very opposite, we got along wonderfully. We rarely argued and were always there for each other. There was nothing that Lee wouldn’t do for me and I knew it. Lee and I have lived together for about 45 years. He never married or had any children. Although I used to tell him it was never too late to get married and have children of his own, he would always say he didn’t need kids of his own – he had mine, and he was right. Lee loved my kids and would do anything for them. He was helping with my youngest daughter’s college expenses and planned on teaching my son how to drive when he got his permit. Anytime the kids needed him, he was there for them. Although Lee was the quiet one when we were children, as an adult he was very open and friendly. He would talk with anyone and everyone. Anytime Lee tried something new, he would put his whole heart into it. He became very interested in both the computer and Windjamming at the same time. He loved Windjamming so much that he had created a web page about Windjamming. It was a very popular site and Lee became a source of information for people located all over the world. The emails and cards I received from people whose lives Lee touched was overwhelming. Some of the people he met on a Windjammer cruise, but the majority were people who had asked him about the Windjamming experience and, before you know it, became cyberfriends with him. As I said earlier, Lee was very friendly and helpful to many. Besides the computer and Windjamming, Lee was an avid reader of fantasy science fiction. He left quite a collection of books. He enjoyed good movies and had a very sensitive side to him, especially when it came to animals. I remember many years ago when he brought home a very tiny, sick gray kitten that he found in a parking lot. He named her Woodstock and nursed her back to health. He helped me nurse many animals back to health and was as heartbroken as I was if we lost one. One of the few times I ever saw Lee truly sad was in March 1997. Our brother Rick, who was only three years older than us, died suddenly of a heart attack. He had gone through some hard times and was finally enjoying life again. Both Lee and I felt that Rick had died too young. Who would have ever thought that just seven months later, Lee would also be gone.
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