Pat Crowley has passed at age 63.

[Tranquility Base]

Unexpectedly at his home on December 28.

https://nkytribune.com/2025/01/pat-crowley-remembered-visitation-wednesday-at-southgate-community-center/

Having worked with Pat for many years, he was truly a great guy and always willing to lend a helping hand when asked.  NKY has really lost a gem of a human being.

Rest in Peace, my friend.

[Voice of Reason]

Thank you for starting this thread.

Most know him as Pat but he was always Duke to me. Duke and I were good friends and basketball buddies for several years when he first moved to N. Ky. We hung out together a lot and played a good amount of basketball. He played on many of the men's rec league basketball teams I put together. When the minor league professional basketball team the Cincinnati Slammers came to town, we called about tickets before the press conference was even finished. Owner Jerry Robinson let us buy season tickets in his seating section, second row right behind the home team bench. He may have regretted that as we were a little rowdy and definitely gave opposing teams heck - but we had a lot of fun. There were the pre-game "warm ups" at the Friendly Stop in Glendale and of course Crowley's in Mt. Adams. I was at his wedding when he married Pam at a little Gazebo next to a pond at Prospect Point in Villa Hills. 

Marriages, family and careers sent us in different directions. But we were both active in the Northern Ky. Chamber so we would run into each other often at various Chamber events. I always called him Duke even at those events because that is who he was to me. Whenever he introduced me to someone at a Chamber event he always said, "This was my first friend when I moved to N. Ky." So hard to believe I won't see him at those events and I won't get to hear him say that again.

As you can read in the obituary above, Pat achieved acclaim well beyond the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area with a long career in journalism then with his own public relations company. He won awards for his work on the state and national level. In the 40 years I have known Duke, he has always been the same guy. A friend to everyone he met. Unassuming despite his success. Smart, energetic, witty and always ready to share a good story. If you met him, you would know instantly that he is a guy you would enjoy hanging out with. 

RIP Duke.