Edd Blackler, a founding member of ESP, died, Aug 18, 2020 of cancer. See dailyinterlake.com/news/2020/aug/20/edwin-e-blackler-77-6/ for his obituary.
He was very influential in getting ESP off the ground, and was dedicated to keeping it alive and influential. But that’s only the beginning. He loved Bigfork and was very active in helping to make it even better. See much more detail in his obituary link above.