Deceased December 1986. Signed in black, personalized "To - Clayt" and dated Aug 26, 1986 nearly four months to the day before he passed. 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.