by Gene Epstein
“Who’s there?” he asked again, never to receive an answer. The person approached the right front wheel next to one of the four antique car jacks supporting the Mercedes and leaned on it throwing it off balance.
Appearing in all the news media the following day:
Highly Renowned Attorney’s Accidental Death
Well known and highly respected attorney William Aaron Spaulding Esquire, partner of Calhoun, Spaulding, and Fiengold met his tragic death while working on his favorite classic automobile, a 1956 Mercedes-Benz Gullwing. It was determined that one of the car jacks that he used collapsed, crushing him to death. Everyone who knew him mourns his passing.
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Author photo by Marlene Epstein
Gene Epstein has enjoyed a lifelong love of automobiles, as evidenced in his hilarious autobiography, Lemon Juice, The Confessions of a Used Car Dealer - a metamorphosis. He’s exhibited many magnificent classic cars at prestigious automobile shows across the country. Generous by nature, his philanthropic projects have been featured on national and international television networks. In 2010, he was highlighted as the “Person of the Week” on CBS and in the Huffington Post as “The first Greatest Person of the Day” for his program “Hire Just One.” Many economists consider that he was the catalyst who led the way out of the Great Recession. He and his bride, sweethearts since childhood, live in the Keystone State.