1953-2022

Joe Nassour was a loving father, cutting-edge innovator, and dad-joke genius. His quiet brilliance, piercing strength, profound resilience, and most importantly, his silly sense of humor made him a fiercely independent man who could not only survive anything, but thrive in the most chaotic and inhospitable spaces. He was deeply loved, yet woefully misunderstood. Acknowledged for greatness, yet greatly under-appreciated. He was a complex man with a genius that craved the kind of understanding few had the capacity to give. He was a little messier than society would have dictated for him, but that’s what made him an accomplished thinker and innovator. He knew the rules, and he knew how important it was to break them.

He was a master chess player. He was an inventor. He was a movie maker. He was a writer. He was a jokester. He was a dreamer. He was a lover. He was a father. He was his own man.

He deserved a lot more love and a hell of a lot more credit than he got from his friends and family in life, and his two kids will be god-damned if he doesn’t get it in death.