I’ve known Bob for the best part of 20 years and came to know Joe Cicherillo when my wife and I moved to Florida 2 ½ years ago. Joe and his wife Patti immediately took us into their group and showed us many kindnesses. Joe was much like Bob -- a big personality, with a ready wit and a certain boyishness, which was engaging. Meeting Joe I realized Bob really was a Chick off the old block. Joe would join in with conversations Bob and I had about bodybuilding, his input based on knowledge and a real feeling for the sport. In 2009 Joe and Patti attended the Olympia as Bob emceed and it clear to see he was as proud of his son and his son was of him. Through these last few months Bob tended to his father and Patti says her son was like a rock during those difficult times. Bob is now focused on supporting his Mom who is now without a man she has loved for over 50 years and Bob is without the father who made him the man he is. Keep the whole Cicherillo family in your thoughts as they come to terms with their terrible loss.