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AUGUST 18, 2021
O'BRIEN: Life filled with family, friends and love FROM PAGE 16
BEST FRIEND
Scott’s favorite sports team was the New York Giants. He also loved the Tampa Bay Bucs, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Scott was best friends with Slicker’s Eatery owner and former Swordfish Grill General Manager Bob Slicker. During Slicker’s tenure at the Swordfish Grill, Scott and his family frequently watched Lightning games there – including last year’s Stanley Cup victory. When Bob opened his own restaurant earlier this year, Scott and his family celebrated the Lightning’s second consecutive NHL championship at Slicker’s Eatery. “I met Scott through my Aunt Cookie more than 20 years ago. She said we had a lot in common and might become best friends. Two days later, I said, ‘Let’s meet for beers.’ We did, and he said, ‘If we’re going to be best friends, I’ve got to introduce you to my wife and daughters.’ I rode with him to his house and he said, ‘Kristin and Alyssa, come meet your ‘Uncle Bob.’ Kristin and Alyssa made us shots and that’s how it started.
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Scott O’Brien, Brian Slicker and Bob Slicker shared a mutual love for family and friends. And later, my nephew, Brian, married his daughter, Kristin, after I introduced them,” Bob said. “Scott was a major part of every success I had. He and his family and everyone around him would always help, no matter what I was doing. This is the biggest hole I’ve ever had in my life. He was that big, that kind, that generous and
that non-judgmental. Scott was a laid-back guy. He didn’t get too excited and he tried to help anybody he could,” Bob said. “It’s a horrible thing. I was in the ER looking through a window at my very best friend dying. Two doors down, two 30-year-old men were saying goodbye to their friend for the last time,” Bob said.
