Slightly off-topic, but not totally, but my friendship with this Other Carl is how i ended up in Asia - that university year in Hong Kong in '63-64 that led me down to Saigon the first time - and we'd meet again when he was with IVS in South Vietnam and then a life-long friendship until his disappearance into a Japanese old folks home with dementia.
I was quite distressed to hear the news but just spend a day recalling our long years of friendship - where & when - cleared the mind. And then right after posting this on Substack, his daughter got directly in touch by email. What a wonderful coincidence!
Cheers and best regards to e'one,
Carl