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3.20.2003
Dale Latulippe, 46; never grew out of long hair
From a young age, he loved drums. He was banging out a staccato beat before
he could walk. He used to bang spoons on the table, said his father, Donald
Latulippe, of Randolph, Mass.
"Like Mozart played the piano at 3, he played drums," he said.
Father and son had different tastes. Dad loved classical. Dale loved
rock and wore his hair long, even at age 46.
"He wore his hair long, which we tried to fight many times."
Did he ever win? "Never."
Dale, who was divorced, still lived with his former wife in Carver, Mass.,
and ran a used car lot in Wareham, Mass., his father said. He had a 7-year-old
son, Dustin, the "spitting image" of his dad, who also plays
the drums.
Dale was a fan of heavy-metal rock, especially Aerosmith.
"He followed the bands and that was his life. He did it all his
life, until the day he died," his father said.
Donald Latulippe, who used to work at WRKO radio in Massachusetts, said
his son once stopped by the station with a group of friends, dressed up
like the band KISS, right down to the wild makeup and skin-tight pants.
"I nearly died a thousand deaths," he said, laughing.
Donald Latulippe said he had no idea his son was in Rhode Island until
the Saturday after the fire, when his daughter-in-law came and told him
Dale had died.
He'd only recently found his son's birth certificate in a strongbox and
had taken it out to send to him.
"He was a loving kid. He loved me, that's for sure."
-- Associated Press
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