- Date Of Birth: May 9, 1993
- Date Of Death: July 7, 2016
- State: Connecticut
Our beautiful son, Alec Clayton Howe Dougan, died on July 6th of a heroin overdose. He was 23 years old.
Alec came into the world, a golden boy. He was born at Hartford Hospital on May 9, 1993, Mothers Day. He brought with him into this world a light that, even in his death, will never be extinguished.
He attended St. Rose School in East Hartford, Bennett Jr. High in Manchester and Manchester High School. He then moved to Groton and spent a brief time at Robert E. Fitch High School. The things Alec wanted to know, he was not going to find in a classroom. He left school and pursued his GED, performing so well on his exams that he was awarded a State Diploma.
Alec was a beautiful soul, both philosopher and poet. He read his first poem publicly at the age of nine, at the Greater Hartford Academy for the Arts. It was a beautiful poem, beyond his years, about a ripple in a pond; asking it “Where do you go? What do you become?”. Now he is my ripple.
From his parents he inherited a passion for music. Like his father, Alec formed his own lightshow company, and provided the backdrop for many bands in and around Southern New England.
Alec had an unquenchable thirst for life; for living, for experiencing. This led him to travel throughout the United States, hitchhiking and couch surfing. He met so many people and touched so many lives, making lifelong friends along the way. His smile and laughter were infectious. Once you knew Alec, you would never forget him. He was a loving and giving boy, and he grew to become that same kind of man.
