It's always hard to know what to say when something like this happens, but I think reading all the comments shows how highly he was thought of here. I'd like to add my condolences to those who knew him better than me. He will be missed for sure.

I'll add a few thoughts here too. Norman really was a nice guy and if you connected with him on pies and slapstick then you could have some good messaging with him. He was very effusive with his WAM passion.

Here's some words from Norman from when we first began messaging. You can get a nice sense of him and what first gave him his interests here:

"And yes, Mabel Normand was my favorite early slapstick queen. I'm glad you noticed my nod to Hurley Coward. That's definitely where I got the idea for my screen name. I had that planned long before de-lurking; I just hoped no one would beat me to it!

"As a child of the 50's & 60's, slapstick was in a lot of the TV programs, as well as the earlier Disney movies (live action, not cartoons - but their cartoons were hilarious). And of course there were the "Beach Party" -type movies that always had slapstick in them (not necessarily food fights).

"My favorite movie is still "The Great Race". Natalie Wood was so beautiful and cute and HOT at that age (she was about 25 y/o) and that pie fight was something not to be believed by a 12 y/o WAM fan! I was out of college when "Tommy" came along, another of my favorites. And Ann Margaret was young enough still to be quite a sex-kitten. When she got so messy, Wow!"

Rest in peace, Norman Mabeld

I don't post here nearly as much as I used to, but I saw this and wanted to add my condolences to the list. Sad to see another longtimer go.

man. This restores my faith in the umd where sometimes it is truly lost....

look at all of us! we are a fam. a community. Group of weirdos loving eachoher. REaching around the world to console one another. i just wanted to also say to mrs. bee im sorry for your loss too. I know you all were close.
I know how i feel and him and I started to drift a bit...still a little in touch but not as frequent at all. I dont think I said to you how sorry i am for your loss. wee love you, mrs. bee!

I never communicated with Norman personally but I too remember all his positive remarks on here and how he just came across as a genuinely nice person, a rare thing in this day and age sadly. My prayers and condolences to his family and friends and to those on here that were lucky enough to know him.

RIP Norman, you will be missed

Very sad news, he was always so caring and thoughtful. He seemed to relish and appreciate everyone who shared material. Just a genuinely kind man who spread so much positivity. Sleep well, Norman.

Thank you, Jayce! That's very kind of you. I love all of ya'll, as well!

Norman and I had a lovely friendship of nearly 20 years and though I expected it, the news of his death still sucker punched me. Even when he knew he didn't have much time left, he was still his cheerful and upbeat self, and that just breaks my heart.

However, he would have been SO happy reading all the comments here!! I can clearly picture the big, silly grin he would have on his face reading this thread. He was a humble and modest person and would have just been floored by everyone's very kind comments.

There's a lesson here somewhere, that I'm not able to articulate well at the moment, but basically: a positive and kind presence can have a far reaching impact and we can all learn something from the example he set. If someone was looking to write forum etiquette guidelines, Norman was the star example for people to strive for.

Anyway, I am sad but he isn't suffering anymore and for that I'm grateful. And yes, people, please consider being an organ donor!

Bee

hi super guy ....

Oh no! That is sad news... We occasionally DM'd and I was always impressed by his intelligent and kind words. He was definitely one of the most encouraging persons I met here virtually and he made me feel most welcome and confident in this community. What else can I say than thank you for this? Rest in peace!

This is terrible, terrible news. First J-hub and now Norman.

Very hard to comprehend.

So sad to hear this I never got to know him as well as others here, but I love reading everyone's kind words about him. He was so sweet to me, as he could only be to everyone. We just chatted back in July and I will greatly miss our conversations. He was a true gentleman and his enthusiasm for WAM was always uplifting and brightened my day. He was so welcoming to me when I first started here, so encouraging and supportive of my work. While this is very sad news, I have to say that it's so lovely and heartwarming knowing how loved and respected he is by all of you. Thank you to everyone who's posted on this thread for sharing a little bit about him, it feels good to know he will be missed. I feel like he helped make this community feel like a family, our own little WAM-ily. His loss is so big here, it makes me realize how grateful I am for all of you and this community. My condolences to everyone who loves Norman, my thoughts and my heart are with you. My love to you forever Norman, your kindness will never be forgotten. I will miss our conversations and our giddiness going back and forth with ideas for epic messes. Rest In Pies my friend.

RIP
The tributes posted here bear witness to your life.
Thanks, Peter

I am going to try and express in this post of what Norman meant to me. I have been trying to word this in my mind since I saw this post the other day. I wanted to take my time and really put my thoughts on paper before I wrote anything on here regarding his passing.
First, let me say that I appreciate all the kind words of everyone who wrote something about him. You may be wondering why I am acting like a close family member to him, well it's because to me he was a brother, not just a friend.
I appreciate Ms. Bee posting this news of his passing on here. I, too, had been keeping up with Norman through phone calls and emails and he told me what to look for when his time came. Somehow, he knew he was getting close to the end, and he wanted me to look out for him on here. Again, thank you Ms. Bee for bringing this to our attention as I have not had the time to be on here like I want lately due to Christmas and all.
I know this is going to be a lengthy post, but I don't care. I need to tell you what Norman meant to me.
I had been browsing on here for a long time before I took the plunge and joined back in 2015. I was soon taken by Norman's comments as he was saying what I wanted to say. I noticed we had similar taste in this fetish. We liked the same things we were commenting on from various models and producers. It got to the point to where if he did not say it, I did and vice versa. We read each other's minds even though we were hundreds of miles apart. We knew what the other was thinking.
I remember the first time I spoke with Norman on the phone. I was in the Army and had just come back from the field and was under lockdown until the rest of the unit returned to the battalion spaces. I had been in my office and was chatting with Norman through here on my mobile device when we were finally released to go home. I said, "Hey Norm, I'm heading to my truck and I wanna continue talking about this (he was telling me all of the details of his session with Marie [MyPierogative])." I did not want to miss a thing so I asked him to call me in the next few minutes so I could get to my truck, and we could talk some more on my way home. He did and we did. That was the beginning of what became a close friendship which turned into a brotherhood of sorts.
After that initial conversation, we began calling each other during the day and if we could not talk for whatever reason we would talk when we could. I always found Norman to be very gracious when he could not talk. We did not talk about wam all the time. We talked about life, our pasts, and our professions we were in. We talked about things we could not tell other people and it was refreshing to tell him those things knowing that he would not tell anyone, nor would I. There's a saying that goes, "A friend is someone who knows everything about you and still likes you." That was Norman to me. Aside from meeting MessyGirl and Mr. MG back in August 2016, and talking with MessyFlyBoy once, Norman was the only person from this website that I was in contact with and on a constant basis. Maybe that is my fault for not reaching out to my friends on here like I should, for that I am sorry so please forgive me.
I am not taking anything from anyone when I say this but there was an instant connection with Norman. Not only did we have similar taste in wam, but we were also the same height and both of us are left-handed. Having only been 14 years older than me, we would joke that we were separated at birth, we were so much alike. He called me his brother from another mother, and he was. I knew that when the phone rang and saw it was his number, either my cell phone or later my office phone at another I job I got after I left the Army, I was not going to talk to my friend, but my brother. I knew that we would laugh at something one of us would say and I must say Norman had an infectious, heart-felt laugh.
Norman was also a contributor to my stories that I have been writing for the past several years, one of which is on my blog in my profile. Recently I have turned that story into two full length novels, which are not posted on here. I am waiting for right time to be able publish them in their full content. I also put Norman in one of my short stories from my short collection book. I must say that Norman had wisdom and insight to things I would not think about when it came to giving me input for my stories. For that I am truly grateful!
Fast forward to this past September. I came down with the virus and pneumonia and was in the hospital for four weeks. I got back home and called Norman as we had been emailing each other until I got sick. He had been telling me of his heart condition and eventually he was on the list to receive a heart transplant in the future. We encouraged each other to continue to get better. To me, he was a rock during that time I was recovering. I would call him, and he would tell me that I was sounding better than the last time we had talked.
I still have his emails which I will keep in his memory. I loved him as a brother, and I will certainly miss him being on here and through our emails and phone calls.
Again, thanks to everyone who posted something about Norman on here. It proves that we are not just a community but a family!

Seeing this as well as the other friendships that have been recalled here make this feel sad and more like a wake. I'm relieved to know that Norman was surrounded by friends. Not just people that would message him here, but people he saw and talked to. Because if anyone here deserved the friendship and love, it was him.

I really wish he had been able to make it to Vegas now. I very much would have liked to actually have met him.

"Again, thanks to everyone who posted something about Norman on here. It proves that we are not just a community but a family!"

It's true, isn't.

Every single post I've seen of Norman's was positive, thankful and appreciative, no matter who was the OP or what the subject was. Definitely one of the "nice guys". A sad loss to this community.

I did not know of Norman until today, but may he rest in peace. My condolences to his family.

I knew him only a little bit. We talked more on a SFW pie site that is closed. But he had the same name so I knew it was him here. Said to see our members go. Pie pie sir.

Very sad news indeed, UMD won't be the same without his many positive and thoughtful comments.

Hey, Mrs Bee...

Thanks for posting this news, as sad as it is... Been away over the holidays, and just found your thread about Norman...

I've been around the UMD since the last century... and always remember Norman Mabeld as one of the cornerstones of the site... Supportive, encouraging, and genuinely involved and positive.

Any discussion or thread he was involved in was one to be read / followed.

Wish there were more people like him in this world....

Rest in Pies, Norman...
Thank you for being a part of our lives...