Samuel Christopher Glass, Jr., was born in Washington, DC in 1960 and lived 63 years. He passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2024.
Death: The Final Taboo
One of Sam’s all-time happiest experiences after our move from the Washington, DC area to the Mojave Desert was preserved in this 2016 photo of him with Olivia Newton-John during her concert residency at the Flamingo Las Vegas.
Much of his time in Vegas, however, was not very happy for him or for me as his husband as we struggled together through challenges of me being a caregiver for him. During what turned out to be a steady decline in his health, Sam did not have what anybody would call a fulfilling life. I took care of him as best I could even though I lack a professional medical background. I look back on this very difficult time together with Sam and conclude that I succeeded well enough at easing his emotional and physical pain somewhat.
In truth, we had really shitty lives after we found ourselves adrift with little credible guidance to help us navigate very unforgiving territory known as the Las Vegas medical community.
He would have reached the milestone of turning 64 had he lived to see another birthday in August 2024. During February 2024 in the remaining few hours of his life, he made his final request. He asked me to create a podcast episode about him to let others know what he was going through and how much his declining health negatively impacted his entire existence. The frustrations and anger he rightfully earned because of a debilitating sequence of illnesses explain why he wanted me to devote an entire podcast episode to him.
My responsibility to honor my late husband’s final request to do the podcast about him helped me get through severe grief over losing him. And that is how I ended up giving voice to him beyond his mortality.
The podcast episode for which he provided the tile “Death: The Final Taboo” was released in June 2024. Listener discretion is advised. The uncensored audio podcast episode and the full text transcript are available here on this memorial website which celebrates the life of the amazing Sam C. Glass, Jr. May he rest in peace.
Transcript of “Death: The Final Taboo” (pdf)
This man was known as an actor and writer. This memorial website is reachable at Sam (dot) Glass — https://sam.glass and also at Black Bear Voice (dot) com.
He was also known by his professional name Christopher Chase and his pen name Don Normann.
Author of “Happy Birthday, Dad”
—an original play with one character first published in 1998.
Voice Actor Demo (2 minutes, 30 seconds):
Listen to a Kinky Satire in a Podcast Episode (2023) in which Sam appeared as a voice actor:
* * Learn more about the Gazz Queen at her website
Listen to Sam’s voice as the narrator of a nonfiction podcast episode (2023) named “Fear Not the Reaper”:
Listen to three Taboo Fiction Podcast Episodes Sam wrote (under his pen name, Don Normann) in the horror theme (2023):
This Sam Glass memorial website features editorial guidance and management by his husband, Woody Goulart. Copyright © 2024. All Rights Reserved.
I will always love and treasure my memories with Sam. In 2007 when I was new to the local horror scene, my mom and I went to Texas Frightmare and met him. He was so warm and welcoming with that big boisterous voice and wonderful bear hugs and he loved to just sit and talk. His knowledge was boundless and he was so funny. We became instant friends and after that, even though I only saw him at conventions or film festivals primarily, he was always a welcome presence on my social media pages or in my private messages. When he worked at the Goretorium I flew to Las Vegas and he was sitting in the dining room full of fake bugs and he had so much fun growling and drooling at me and my friend a little more than anyone else. He would send random little gifts to my daughter, always gift-wrapped and with a sweet note, just to cheer her up or make her smile, even though he’d never met her. Knowing him, and meeting Woody through him, was just such a pleasure and an honor and I’m so happy that I was able to call Sam a friend for as long as I did. I’m so glad that I moved to Vegas and was able to spend some time with him before he passed; I’m only sorry that time was cut so short, as I’m sure we would’ve had years of memories and friendly trivia competitiveness ahead of us.
The world has lost a beautiful soul. We will forever feel that void. Love you and miss you Sammy Sam. 💔