I'm very sorry to hear it. We corresponded on & off for several years after I reviewed his book
The Gathering of Elders for
Italian Americana in 2011. In the aftermath he was grateful and very generous with unsolicited tips on publication, copies of his own books, and more. On Facebook he was funny, punny, kind, and infuriating--yet charmingly so. It was as if he couldn't help saying exactly what he thought, no matter the subject or occasion--it was just who he was. In his blog he was the same way. As Wesli or Lew, he wrote some very fine poems, and we can all be grateful for his
Book of Forms in many editions.
If you'd like to know him better, here's the link to his blog. You'll find a flood of light verse & in the "Categories" many entries to explore.
https://lewisturco.typepad.com/poetics/