Friends remember the last five victims of the Ghost Ship fire

Byby Melanie Woodrow KGO logo
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Friends remember the last five victims of the Ghost Ship fire
The last five victims of the Ghost Ship fire were identified Friday, and friends have just started to grieve for the loved ones they'll miss so much.

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]