Every Ex-Lover Plays Some Role in Your Life

Thanks for the memories, Rico Jones

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It was the early 1980s. I’d just started as a newspaper layout artist for a major retailer in Chicago. I was so excited to finally be downtown. The Loop. If you were in retail, that was the place to be.

I began seeing a sexy, older artist named Rico. A funky, bohemian ex-convict, he’d made a name for…