Remembering Robert D. Thomas, classical music writer, husband and father

Robert D. Thomas, classical music critic and columnist for the Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Southern California News Group, died May 3 at age 72. The Duarte resident had been diagnosed with cancer over the summer and continued writing about music until his passing.
“I remember when I was a kid – very young, 3 or 4 – he would take me to the concerts and I would fall asleep,” Thomas’ daughter Kimberly Boneham said. “He would pick me up