From Chaz's Facebook page, June 9.
On June 13, 1997, Spirit became a permanent part of the Chaz Dean Studio family. Unfortunately, Spirit passed away on June 9, 2009, while I was in Pennsylvania for QVC.
I will always remember how it felt receiving that call about Spirit's passing. I was in the QVC salon, prepping for our show, and I received a call saying the Bravo team from Flipping Out showed up and found her lifeless body.
At that moment all my memories of and with Spirit flashed through my mind. I could not imagine my life or Chaz Dean Studio without Spirit. She had been there through so many of my life's most pivotal moments to date: the opening of my second salon, my brother passing away, adopting Grace and Montgomery, living at the Salon, launching WEN, my mother's battle with cancer and passing away, launching QVC, and all the Salon renovations.
Spirit was such a fiber in my life. I felt as if she was my true Guardian Angel. She completely enriched, enhanced, and touched every person who came in contact with her, and we are talking about thousands of people who walked through those doors for those 12 years she was in our lives.
Spirit, thank you for the LOVE you brought to all the people who had the honor of meeting you. Sending absolute love, honor, and gratitude.