Richard B. Daughty

It's now 2024, and I just learned of Richard's passing. In his alter ego of the Mogambo Guru, he encouraged me, and many, many others to buy gold in the years immediately after the millennium. In retrospect, he was both totally accurate and funny as well. His humor, along with the wisdom of Robert J. "Bob" Moriarty of 321gold.com, led me and many others to purchase physical gold when it was arguably at it's cheapest. I miss Richard's wit and wisdom deeply. The world is a sadder place without him. Rest in Peace, our Mogambo Guru.

Way back in 2005, a friend of mine sent me a link to a website that had an archive of articles written by Richard (Mogambo Guru) Daughty. I was just beginning my journey into economics and I couldn't believe someone could write such beautiful prose within this normally dry field. Richard made economics exciting, infuriating, and best of all a joy to read with his humorous and insightful writing. Thank you Richard, for showing me how to laugh at the absurdity of it all.

I was very sorry to just read of the loss of Mr. Richard Daughty back in February. I was an avid reader of Mr. Daughty as the Mogambo Guru for many years and had the pleasure of meeting him in person when I was a store manager @ Publix back in 2016. He was shopping in my store and I approached and asked him if he was Mr. Daughty. He was thrilled that I recognized him and we had a great conversation about his articles as well as investing in gold and silver of course. To my surprise, he included our conversation in one of his articles written in Sept. of 2016, "Me and Manager Dan", which I'll always appreciate and never forget. My thoughts are with his entire family and know that he truly impacted many lives with his financial wisdom. Dan Chaplin

I first heard Richard playing the violin at the Bluegrass Shop on 66th St. I was awestruck. I bought a fiddle a few days later and took lessons from him for just a few months. He was a Wonderful teacher. Extremely patient and encouraging. I was 45 at the time. He got me “ over the hump”. I was hooked! If not for Richard I wouldn’t even own a violin. I would have given up. Instead, I’ve had years of joy from playing, either with a band or just practicing. It’s therapeutic. We talked about many things during our lessons. He was wise, funny and had a gift for imparting knowledge. I’m so grateful to have met him.

Richard had many unique qualities. One that I loved was his love for words. The fact that he would actually read the dictionary.....and, enjoy it !!!!! made me smile and left me to never look at a dictionary again without thinking of him.

I loved that after our meals at our family gatherings Richard would unashamedly find his place on the couch and close his eyes for a little siesta.

I loved that he loved Mozart and that he knew when his birthday was and each year celebrated it in some small way.

I will miss his dry humor, his wisdom and his passion for music that was contagious.
Our family is now a little smaller and a little less colorful but he lives on in countless memories which have been made over the many years.

My heartfelt condolences go out to his wife Carolyn, his sister Deedee and his daughter Joanie for therein lie the strongest and longest ties. May the best of memories always bless your hearts and cause you to smile.

Most Sincerely,
Betsy
Sister-in-law

I met Richard through his beautiful wife, Carolyn, my dear friend. He was a delightful guest; never a dull moment with his quick wit, quixotic, intelligent responses. One could talk to him on any subject. The world will miss this one of a kind guy.

I knew Richard only as The Mogambo Guru. We had a 14 year email/text/mail friendship where I got to know the generosity and kindness of this "angriest man in economics". Richard 's hilarious stories in his newsletters brought joy into a troubled home and forged a deep bond between my daughter and I that exists to this day. We're just 2 of many that Richard's life touched in such a way.

It was an honor to finally meet Richard in person, have a cup of coffee, and listen to Mozart's piano concerto #20 while his hands danced in the air. Every once in a while he would get this twinkle in his eye, get excited, and ask if I caught that last note.

Richard never failed to ask about all the people in my life. He wanted to know how everyone was doing and always told me to send his love to them. He was a humble man who was always surprised, and a bit perplexed, when I told him about people that would write to me about him and how proud they were to be addressed as Junior Mogambo Ranger by the Mogambo Guru himself.

We love you, Richard. And we miss you.

Doug & Nova