On the evening of April 10, 2018; my beloved father Thoris Hutchinson was killed in a head-on vehicular murder-suicide collision literally down the street from his house in his neighborhood on his way home with his wife, Shirley Hutchinson (please see the WFAA Channel 8 news link below for the story). 

From the article ran by The Dallas Morning News: 

Thoris Hutchinson overcame a stroke, a seizure and a cancer diagnosis, only to die in a car crash that police say he had no fault in. 

"I'm not going anywhere," the 62-year-old would tell his family, convinced after beating cancer that he'd see his grandchildren grow up. 

Hutchinson and his wife, Shirley, were driving home last week, when police say 37-year-old Sha'Myia Walton drove her minivan into oncoming traffic and slammed into their pickup truck. 

Witnesses pulled the Hutchinsons from their burning pickup before authorities arrived. 

Walton and Hutchinson died at a hospital. Walton had one other passenger in the car, who survived the crash. Hutchinson's wife also survived, but remains in the hospital with a rib injury. 

Police believe the crash was intentional, that Walton was trying to kill herself when she crashed into Hutchinson's pickup on April 10. 

"That's probably the hard part," said his son, Bo Hutchinson, "after everything that he has overcome and has clawed back and fought back." 

Despite the challenges he faced, Hutchinson remained a devout Christian who volunteered at church and helped neighbors. 

As a parent, he was stern but affectionate. He passed on his love of music to his son, who went on to become a bass guitarist and a member of the prestigious Recording Academy that hosts the Grammy Awards. 

"His influence is what made me who I am," Bo Hutchinson said. 

Bo Hutchinson, who had an aunt kill herself years ago, said he isn't mad at Walton or her family for what happened, though one question continues to torment him: What led Walton down this path? 

"The thing I can't process is the intent of it," he said. "That's the one thing I've got to live with the rest of my life: that my father was killed." 

But he wants Walton's family to know he understands what they're going through. He hopes he'll have a chance to reassure them in person someday. 

In honor of his memory and artistic musical influence that significantly inspired me to pursue the calling of my lifelong dream in music; I’m permanently dedicates the founding establishment of ON-BASS Productions, LLC to and as a permanent monument-based business entity that will strive to touch the lives of each and every music fan around the world inspiring them to realize that “Dreams Do Not Have An Expiration Date”.