Jacques has crossed over to wherever they send the really great cats. He’s been running the show around here for about 16 years. Friend to all the dogs, especially Memphis. He was both fearless and fabulous.

Here’s Jacques walking me and the original Partners, back in the day.

And here are some photos. If you walk Twenty Seventh Street, you’ve seen Jacques and his besty Jack Shadbolt hanging out on the rocking chair out front, or in the two-bedroom apartment they kept beneath the giant hostas.