He was not married and had no children, but enjoyed a vast group of friends in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
He was an avid dancer, and found work as a dance instructor, and as a hair stylist in some of the principal San Francisco hotels.
He sometimes worked as an assistant to rock promoter Bill Graham and met many of the main rock groups and personalities of the time, including members of the Rolling Stones, Creedence, Carlos Santana, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and the Mamas and the Papas.
He also worked in real estate for several years, an activity which brought him into contact with some of the fine art from the state of California which started a lifelong passion.
His apartment was covered chock-a-block with California paintings, with many others stacked up with wall space left to show it.