Robert Alan Stasiak

October 14, 1948 ~ February 02, 2024

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My darling husband Corky is gone. He passed about an hour ago, 11:15pm on 2/2/24. Just this morning we moved him from the Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital where he spent 8 days to a beautiful VNA Hospice just down the street.

Cork had been experiencing increasingly intense symptoms for over a year now; choking when trying to swallow, difficulty speaking & fibrillations in his upper arms. We received the first tentative diagnosis in early August, and the confirmations a week before Christmas – ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease.

Cork’s was the most lethal type, bulbar, because it affects the neurons that control breathing. It also robs you of your ability to talk, which was particularly cruel for Cork since he loved to tell his stories about his years as an audio engineer with rock stars.

I plan to bring his ashes to PR, where one of his surfer buddies will paddle his ashes out to his favorite surf break.

Because of my darling’s likability & gabbiness, I am surrounded by dear friends down here in Florida.

He is & always will be the love of my life, my Music Man, my Silver Surfer, & my Chuckle Bucket – he always found a way to make me laugh. I will love him til the day I die and beyond.

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Denise Trnka

June 5, 2024, 3:15 am

So sorry for your loss he was the best cousin I could have had we hung out at his house in NY remembering all the great times. Sorry we lost touch

Rachelle Dinstein

June 22, 2025, 3:30 am

I have only just learned about Corky’s passing. Please accept my sincere condolences. I was a friend of his many years ago in New York. He was such a lovely person. You have my heartfelt sympathy.

James Campion

August 3, 2025, 8:27 pm

Trina! It is James Campion, author of the “Shout It Out Loud” book. I was so worried about Corky for sometime and when I didn’t receive your Christmas card for the first time in over ten years this past winter, I was truly concerned. But as life does, it gets away from you and I would occasionally email him and it didn’t bounce back, so I thought he was just moving on, as people do when you meet them professionally. But I always had a deep connection to him through our many interviews. I have all of them on tape, if you ever want them. I got to say hi on the phone to you through those talks and seeing your cards each year, I felt I knew you guys so well. Even though this is over a year ago, I am devastated by this news. I wish there was some way we can talk, so I can get more info. It is so raw for me now. My condolences, as late as they are, goes out to you and your family and all of Corkman’s many friends. He was a gem, a great contributor to my book, and one of the finest and nicest people I have ever met in this industry. I miss him. Please reach out if you get this. Much love to you.

Denise Copeland

September 27, 2025, 11:29 pm

I was saddened to hear of Corky’s passing. I bought his white Stratocaster (Franken-Strat) from him a few years ago on Facebook marketplace and met you and Corky at your condo in Fort Pierce. I remember you were baking cookies in the kitchen. You were both so nice. He let me try out the guitar which I purchased as a “decoy” because my rescue kitten was hell bent on knocking over my cherished ‘72 Strat. I had told Corky this, and a few days after I got home he asked me to make sure she didn’t destroy the “bait” guitar. Surprisingly Lucy-Furr left it alone and I got a great guitar that I didn’t have to lock in a vault. May he rest in peace.

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