Friends remember the last five victims of the Ghost Ship fire

Friday, December 9, 2016
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The final five names of the victims in the [url HREF="http://abc7news.com/tag/ghost-ship-fire/" TARGET="" REL=""]Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire [/url]were released Friday. They include a popular DJ who was at the Ghost Ship to perform.[br /][br /][b][url HREF="http://abc7news.com/news/36-victims-of-oakland-warehouse-fire-identified/1639657/" TARGET="" REL=""]PHOTOS: 36 victims of Oakland warehouse fire identified[/url][/b][br /][post ID="1639657" /][br /][Ads /][br /][br /][br /]DJ Joey Casio shared his passion for performing in a 2012 9th Floor Radio interview. "I've always wanted to strive to create something new," he said.[br /][br /]Friend Calvin Johnson says he did. "Joey is a visionary in terms of music," he said. "He really knew where he was going and he experimented with that and he pushed those boundaries."[br /][br /]Johnson says Casio, whose given name was Joseph Matlock, was a well known DJ who initially made his mark in Olympia, Wa. where he released music on the record label K.[br /][br /]A friend shared video of him performing in Davis. Everyone was dancing. "That's one of the first things I noticed about his shows," said Johnson. "That right away he just had people going."[br /][Ads /][br /]Johnson told ABC7 News that off stage Casio was gentle and tender. "He's still fresh in all our minds," said Johnson.[br /][br /]Peter Wadsworth is fresh in the minds of those who knew him as well. His former Lower Haight roommate describes him as having a quirky intelligence and always looking out for others. She says when she traveled to Boston, he made sure she had emergency numbers and knew all the good restaurants.[br /][br /]Wadsworth, a local consultant, had previously studied in Boston at Harvard University. At the time of the fire, Wadsworth was living at the Ghost Ship warehouse.[br /][br /]Friends are also grieving couple Wolfgang Renner and Michele Sylvan who attended the party together.[br /][Ads /][br /][br /][br /][b]RELATED: [url HREF="http://abc7news.com/news/hundreds-gather-to-honor-couple-lost-in-ghost-ship-fire/1645255/[br /]" TARGET="" REL=""]Hundreds gather to honor couple lost in Ghost Ship fire[/url][/b][br /][br /]The University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts is mourning 2008 graduate Johathan Bernbaum. He was a VJ who traveled the world.[br /][br /][b][url HREF="http://abc7news.com/tag/ghost-ship-fire/" TARGET="" REL=""]Click here[/url][/b] [b]for all ABC7 News stories, videos, and photos from the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.[/b]
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