Va escollir dedicar la seva vida a fer de Lillehammer un lloc segur per viure-hi i ara ha mort d'una forma tràgica, víctima d'una violència cega mentre estava de vacances en els seus Estats Units del cor.
He chose to dedicate his life to making Lillehammer a safe place to live in, and it is therefore especially tragic that he should be a victim of blind violence while he was on holiday in his beloved U.S.A.