Longtime former Register columnist Gordon Dillow dies at 74, writes Gordon Dillow

Editor’s note: Gordon Dillow, who was an Orange County Register columnist from 1996 to 2008, died Monday. He wrote his own obituary, which was shared with the Register and runs below as a final column of sorts.
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After a lifetime of not taking care of himself, former Orange County Register columnist Gordon Dillow is dead at age 74.
He died on Monday, Dec. 8, of undetermined health causes.
But he wasn’t complaining. He led his life the way he wanted to, he exceeded hi