Deceased 2009. Note is a handwritten response in blue ballpoint to an autograph request that reads "Dear David, Thank you for writing, and I'm glad to sign your cards. Take care" and is signed underneath, also in blue ball point. We guarantee all uncertified autographs to pass 3rd party authentication with CAS our authenticator of choice. If you want to get autographs certified you need to notify us before you pay. We submit them for you. If an autograph doesn't pass we refund both the purchase price AND the authentication fee.