Broken Pipe: Bo Nordh

[Scott M]

Sorry to confirm that the great Bo Nordh passed away early this morning at the University hospital in Lund, Sweden. Bo was in the hospital for a month or more. In my last email correspondence with him he was just waiting for a friend to take him there for tests as he had not been feeling well.

When I was in Denmark last week, his very good friend Per Billhall had just stopped to visit him on the way to see Tom Eltang and I in Copenhagen, and Bo was already looking bad from Kidney trouble
and a few other problems. He was not interested in seeing guests, so
Tom and I didn't make the trip to Sweden to see him, but we talked to
him on the phone for awhile until he was too tired to continue.

Bo had a very rough personal life ever since he was paralyzed as a
young man. In spite of the personal physical and emotional hardships
that were often apparent to his few good friends, he was an
enthusiastic fan of good food, and great wine, as well as the best in
American Jazz and Blues. I feel very fortunate to have been a good
enough friend to visit him several times at his home for all of the
above and some very fun times. I feel very honored to have among my few Bo Nordh pipes a special one that he gave to me last year in Chicago
during his first vist there.

His good friends will miss him very much and worldwide fans of the best handmade pipes will miss what history may establish as the maker of the finest pipes ever.


Rex Poggenpohl

My next bowl in his honor. RIP.

[texaspipes]

Bo, you will be sadly missed. Thank you for the pipes you made. They will be treasured.

[drrgill]

Thanks for the info and very nice summary of this mans life. We all make impacts on many people all are lives...Im sure he will be remembered for Many Many years.

Drrgill