Former El Segundo man found shot to death in West LA

[anonymous]

jett wrote:

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And no I didn't know him but he ripped people off.

And to add my own response, let us all remember that Richard Traweek has children - and they may come across this blog or maybe already have. If you don't know what you are talking about, and if you never met the man, then as Jerry said, you are just running off at the mouth. Have some respect. To Dick's children, should you read this some day, remember that only God knows the truth, and only God shall judge. Those who truly knew the man know that he was one of the most generous and kind people on this earth. He has his rightful place in heaven, I assure you. As others have mentioned, he spent many many hours doing charity work for many organizations. For those of you "running off at the mouth," just do a google search and you will see all that he has done: for abused children, for the homeless, for disadvantaged families so their children receive a good education just like wealthier kids. Remember, Dick did not come from money, and he never forgot his roots and how hard it is to struggle with poverty. That is why he made such a targeted effort to help the small "mom and pop" investors, just like his own father! Again, for the umpteenth time, it is not one man's fault if an investment market falls apart. Each one of those partnerships was carefully reviewed by the best lawyers in Los Angeles. There were no "schemes" - just straightforward real estate investments that went sour during the real estate crash in the early 80's. Love you Dick and will always remember you.

[Accounting Gal]

[Amen! I'm happy to see someone standing up for Dick when he's not here to defend himself! I worked for the accounting firm that Dick used and was on that Las Vegas trip. He knew about Team Building! I remember Dick giving me a lesson on Blackjack strategies that I use, and win with, to this day. For years, we all worked more than a 40 hour week for the benefit of our many investment clients/friends. Any investment has risks...as we have starkly seen, again, this past 24 months! If people couldn't bear the risk, they should have not gotten involved! I am proud and happy to have known and worked with Dick all those years ago. He was always very kind...I will think of him fondly.

[Matthew]

Let it & Dick rest, he wasn't the best or the worst, he was Dick Traweek and for the very few who have posted here & knew him, then you know what I mean. I knew him since High School, we played sports against each other as well as going on skiing trips. The fat ass weight was a king size one I'll bet. Pray for his family and get on with your sorry lives.

[Cynthia]

Matthew wrote:

Let it & Dick rest, he wasn't the best or the worst, he was Dick Traweek and for the very few who have posted here & knew him, then you know what I mean. I knew him since High School, we played sports against each other as well as going on skiing trips. The fat ass weight was a king size one I'll bet. Pray for his family and get on with your sorry lives.

I, for one, have enjoyed reading all these posts. In the absence of getting together in person, it is a way to virtually meet and share our stories about someone we all knew. Dick was a wonderful man, with faults as we all have, but far less than most. A man is judged on his actions towards others, his wife, his family, his friends, and those less fortunate. In all cases he would have to receive the highest marks and all that knew him know that is true.

[JERRY FERGUSON]

Matthew wrote:

Let it & Dick rest, he wasn't the best or the worst, he was Dick Traweek and for the very few who have posted here & knew him, then you know what I mean. I knew him since High School, we played sports against each other as well as going on skiing trips. The fat **** weight was a king size one I'll bet. Pray for his family and get on with your sorry lives.

Matthew I know you are right about that bet. A Fat A** Fr***ie K**g. The blood sucker.Only runs his mouth after Dick is gone. And I bet he wouldn't if he thought or new I was still in Calif.

[Steve Los Angeles]

Dick Traweek was a good, honest, and generous man. If you knew Dick, you could never honestly say anything to the contrary. If you never knew Dick and are simply an idle soul with nothing better to do than surf the internet looking for good men to malign, then you should know that Dick would not have wasted a moment of his life reading this garbage.

[freddy]

JERRY FERGUSON wrote:

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Matthew I know you are right about that bet. A Fat **** Fr***ie K**g. The blood sucker.Only runs his mouth after Dick is gone. And I bet he wouldn't if he thought or new I was still in Calif.

No I'm not FAT FREDDIE whoever that is. The man was a CROOK and it's begining to sound thats those who worked with him were also. Strange we haven't heard anymore about the killing yet.

[Tori]

He will be quite missed.

[Tori Traweek]

Enough is enough. All of you saying things about my father should think about where you are posting your thoughts. I have two younger brothers who could read this one day. My father spent his whole life trying to do the best for his family, his friends, and the community. The real estate market fell in the 1980s. It was a terrible tragedy for many people. I feel for the people who lost money in investments that failed but I can personally promise anyone out there that my father did not enter into any business deals with the idea that he was going to "rip someone off." I am saddened to the bones at my father's sudden passing and even more saddened by the fact that people would use this tragedy to slander him on an online blog. I would not wish anyone's children to have to read awful things about their parents on a blog...and if all of you would think twice you would realize that what you are doing is wrong. As to those of you who continuously reply with mean, if not evil comments, I would ask you to spend the time that you have used bad mouthing my father to do something constructive that would help others and the community. Now please stop and let his memory live on in the people that love him. The past is past...I don't want to see anymore comments demeaning his character. None of you have anything against me, my mother, or my young brothers. I can promise you my father raised children who would never get online and bad mouth the dead. STOP.

[Tori Traweek]

R-Smart wrote:

And so you say.

I do not know who you are R-Smart, or if you knew my father, but your rampant obsession with publicly demeaning him makes me wonder about your character. If you have something to say about my father then it would have been manly and respectable for you to have said it to his face. He was the kind of man who would have appreciated that. He was a face to face kind of guy. The fact that you write on a small newspaper blog your ill will towards my father is questionable. You wake up one morning...check out the Daily Breeze...realize someone you knew (or didn't?) died...and then continuously comment day after day? Then people comment talking about young children and a wife and you continue your rampage. I would love to have a drink with you one day R-Smart. I'd toast my dad...give you a piece of my mind...and then after you left I'd have a final final in my father's honor and forget your face.

[JRM]

To R-Smart,

I'm Tori's boyfriend and I am not as civil as her. You are small and pathetic and must be living out your horrendous life alone, because NO ONE with children would talk this way about someone's dead father. Having a drink with you, as my girlfriend mentioned, is NOT what I'd like to do with you. You're an embarrassment to humankind and should be ashamed of yourself.

If you would like to rebuke this, simply give me your email and we can meet to discuss.

[Justin]

How dare any of you speak ill of the dead. Those of you that never knew Dick should never pass judgement...EVER. He was one of the most amazing and generous men I have ever met. Anyone that knew this man would back me up on this...period. I have personally witnessed the generosity of this man on several accounts over many years and I can guarantee that anyone posting here has not done half of what he did for their community. I could write pages to describe his contributions, and the fact that of several occasions we (myself and others) tried to show our appreciation and honor him only to be denied. He would never allow it and he didn't want it. He gave back because it made him feel good and that to him was a joy in itself. Also, as a father and a husband one could never ask for anything more. The rest of you can only hope that you have someone in your life half as selfless as Dick Traweek.

Dick, may you rest in peace and thank you for being an amazing person and friend. Welcoming me into your home and treating me and my family as family. You will be missed and I am honored that I spent the time with you that I did.

[Jerry Ferguson]

Tori Traweek wrote:

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I do not know who you are R-Smart, or if you knew my father, but your rampant obsession with publicly demeaning him makes me wonder about your character. If you have something to say about my father then it would have been manly and respectable for you to have said it to his face. He was the kind of man who would have appreciated that. He was a face to face kind of guy. The fact that you write on a small newspaper blog your ill will towards my father is questionable. You wake up one morning...check out the Daily Breeze...realize someone you knew (or didn't?) died...and then continuously comment day after day? Then people comment talking about young children and a wife and you continue your rampage. I would love to have a drink with you one day R-Smart. I'd toast my dad...give you a piece of my mind...and then after you left I'd have a final final in my father's honor and forget your face.

Hi Tori
I hope y'all are doing better. I'm sorry that you had to see some of these post that these jurk off's have said without knowing your dad like I did.I'm still in europe and will be back in a couple or days. And I will call you when I get back. I wish R-Smart was with me but then that wouldn't be that SMART !!!!

[anonymous]

Tori Traweek wrote:

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I do not know who you are R-Smart, or if you knew my father, but your rampant obsession with publicly demeaning him makes me wonder about your character. If you have something to say about my father then it would have been manly and respectable for you to have said it to his face. He was the kind of man who would have appreciated that. He was a face to face kind of guy. The fact that you write on a small newspaper blog your ill will towards my father is questionable. You wake up one morning...check out the Daily Breeze...realize someone you knew (or didn't?) died...and then continuously comment day after day? Then people comment talking about young children and a wife and you continue your rampage. I would love to have a drink with you one day R-Smart. I'd toast my dad...give you a piece of my mind...and then after you left I'd have a final final in my father's honor and forget your face.

To Tori - I knew your father when we all worked together way back when in the late 70's and early 80's. He was the most wonderful, charismatic man I have every met - a true leader. I am so sorry that you have read some of these awful posts. I am even more sorry if your younger brothers read them. I hope that you are all safe and well, and holding tight to one another. There is nothing like family. On the bright side, you have also had a chance to read all the wonderful comments from those who truly knew him!
To everyone else - please respect this young girls request to STOP. Now that you know that Dick's children are reading this post, it will be UNCONSCIOUNABLE for anyone to say one more disrprectful word. And I agree - why now? If any of you had something to say about Dick, you should have said it to his face while he was alive. This public display is so rude and ill-mandered.

[Dr-R]

I knew Dick for many years. He was the greatest man. As one of his children said: Great man with some lousy habits... We all are great and not so great...Do you think trashing a man who was murdered is coming from a high place? Do YOU JUDGES OF CHARACTER think you are the almighty or are you just so board and frustrated you have to say something nasty about a man who had open house breakfast every Christmas morning which he cooked, a man who spent endless hours in the Karate studio with his boys, a man who had holiday parties and birthday parties for his children, a man who was there for ALL of his childrens' friends whenever they needed him, a man who adored his wife and his friends. So he wasn't perfect...Are you???? I'd like to meet the one of you who is, mighty judges. As for his RE dealings, no one invests money in RE without the awareness that there is risk involved. His investors knew that sometimes it would work out and sometimes it would not. The conversion deal was not Dick's doing. WHY DON'T YOU BLAME SAN FRANCISCO? I will tell you why, because it is so much easier to blame a successful man. Take your envy and put it in a bag... Shame on you people.... Who is the crook here????? Certainly not Dick Traweek, He never hid, he was out in the open admitting he was not perfect, admitting he made mistakes. That makes him perfect in my eyes. Meet his wife and children. Actually, don't, you are beneath them. They are pure and SHOULD NOT be INSULTED by people who have nothing to do but judge others. Did Dick ever hurt anyone? I am sure he did, unintentionally. I did too. Did you????? People like you JUDGES are the reason our world is dark and ugly! Tori, Buck, Travis and Vicky are full of light, grief and memories of a truly great man who was always there for all of us--his family and friends. Go find another hobby! Blogging is disgusting!

[Dr-R]

freddy wrote:

<quoted text>No I'm not FAT FREDDIE whoever that is. The man was a CROOK and it's begining to sound thats those who worked with him were also. Strange we haven't heard anymore about the killing yet.

Go get a life Freddie! Shut up and stop whining! You missed your opportunity to say anything to Dick because you are a chicken shit guy with NO integrity. So just shut up and GO AWAY! You may not be fat but you sure have a FAT UGLY MOUTH!

[Brad]

I only met dick a handful of times but without even knowing me he was generous with his home, vivid stories, food and drink. The few times I was lucky enough to spend an evening at the Traweek's home i remember thinking to myself I really dont want to leave. Tori, you know I didn't know your pops that well but he was so generous to myself and the rest of the boys, he put us each up in our own room in Vegas, an experience I will NEVER forget. I hope these jurror coughs stop flapping they're jaws about your pops becuase he was one of the nicest, most generous people I have ever met. I am so sorry for your's and your brothers and mom's loss, its a terrible thing. Here's to your pops, he was really a great man.

[Mirren]

Those of you saying such horrible things as "good riddance" should really think twice before being so callous. A man was murdered. Despite what you may think of his business dealings that you, in all likelihood know very little (at least intelligently as evidenced by your inability to be an adult) about, no one deserves to be shot in their parking lot.
Good riddance?? REALLY? This man left behind a family and young children. His young children read these comments. I'm going to venture to guess you're neither a parent nor do you have a brain or a heart. In my eyes, you aren't any better than whatever you accuse Mr. Traweek of doing. In fact, you're worse. You're pure evil and you probably deserve what you have coming. To all those who have said "good riddance" and "he deserved it" I hope you sleep better at night knowing you're the scum of this earth.

[Mirren]

wills wrote:

looks like his greed eventually did him in. good riddance.

You are a miserable and terrible person. I feel sorry for you and your pathetic existence.

[Travis Traweek]

wills wrote:

looks like his greed eventually did him in. good riddance.

hey i appreciate what you have to say because you sure do know how greedy he was huh? exact opposite, u didnt spend 15 years under the same roof as him.
- Travis Traweek, son