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RIP The Fort Music Studio Owner & Beloved Friend Jim Bentley

Death is an inevitable part of our natural lives, and the physical pain and heartbreaking emotional tidal wave it creates amongst loved ones and those involved is just as unavoidable

RIP The Fort Music Studio Owner & Beloved Friend Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley, owner of The Fort Studio - picture courtesy of Bushwick Daily

RIP The Fort Music Studio Owner & Beloved Friend Jim Bentley

Death is an inevitable part of our natural lives, and the physical pain and heartbreaking emotional tidal wave it creates amongst loved ones and those involved is just as unavoidable

RIP The Fort Music Studio Owner & Beloved Friend Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley, owner of The Fort Studio - picture courtesy of Bushwick Daily
Jim Bentley, owner of The Fort Studio – picture courtesy of Bushwick Daily

Death is an inevitable part of our natural lives, and the physical pain and heartbreaking emotional tidal wave it creates amongst loved ones and those involved is just as unavoidable. But when it happens to someone who takes their own life, it creates a shockwave of rings around us all bigger than the planet Saturn’s. It has the gravitational pull to also create a sense of loss even without knowing someone personally. So it is with great sadness that The Fort Studio owner, Bushwick community member, and well-known good soul Jim Bentley took his own life Monday July 22, 2013.

Bushwick Daily has known Jim Bentley for quite a while. His professional resume is…

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