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I was also able to reach Sam Hill, a loyal customer and friend of the Chiesas', who discussed his memories of Dennis and his love of the store. The store opened in , a joint venture between Dennis and his brother Don. Chiesa was walking and talking only three days before his passing, she says, explaining that complications from chemotherapy lowered his blood cell count, and that a mutual decision was reached by Dennis, his family, and doctor to stop treatment and allow him to go peacefully.
On multiple occasions, people would bring in records that were less than desirable, and Dennis wouldn't turn them away. He'd give them some money -- when he could tell they really needed it -- then turn around and throw the records away. Chiesa was an avid collector himself. He wanted to complete the whole run, but I don't think he ever did," Hill says. The store was has been for sale in recent years, but O'Mahar Chiesa has taken it off the market, noting she may attempt to sell it again in a few years.
In the meantime, she'll be running the store, and a cast of regulars will be assisting her in the pricing of rare items. The next few months promise to be interesting ones for the store. A murder mystery with the tagline "Vinyl may be a subculture, but murder is everyone's business," is about a record store employee who begins investigating the death of the record store owner. According to Hill, it won't be the first time the location was used in a film.
He states that scenes of 's Waiting to Exhale were shot there, though he isn't certain if they made the final cut of the movie we aren't, either. Tracks in Wax and the Chiesa family have an understated quality. The family "doesn't believe in funerals," and in keeping, the news of Chiesa's passing has been muted.
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