A Salute To Bridget Diane Roodenburg

A Salute To Bridget Diane Roodenburg (released as A Salute To Bridget Roodenburg) is a slideshow that pays tribute to Josh Dezern's aunt Bridget Roodenburg. It released on 18 December 2015, which marked the first anniversary of her death.

Bridget Diane Roodenburg
Bridget Diane Dezern-Ware-Roodenburg (17 January 1976 - 18 December 2014) was the only biological aunt of Josh Dezern, and the sister of Scott Dezern. She studied at Pasco-Hernando State College for four years, and worked at Bear Creek for a few years. In 2011, Ware had a daughter, whom was named Ava Diane, after Bridget's mother, Diane Christie. The next year, Ware married Emanuel Roodenburg, a Dutch KLM worker who she had known for awhile. In December of 2012, nearly three months after they got married, Bridget moved to the Netherlands with Roodenburg, who was returning home, and had legally adopted Ava.

On the morning of 18 December 2014, Bridget suffered her second heart attack in ten years, and died in the hospital at the age of 38. She was cremated, and her ashes were laid in Florida in the spot where her and Roodenburg had met in 2010.

On 19 December 2014, Josh Dezern started an Instagram account entitled "Bridget's Legacy," of which he would post new and old photos taken either by Bridget, or taken after she passed by Emanuel.

After her death, Bridget's name started to appear in more of Dezern's videos. A dedication to her first appeared at the end of the documentary "Walt Disney: Of Mice And Monorails," and "Walt Disney: Of Mice And Monorails (REMASTERED)" In April of 2015, Dezern announced to his viewers through a video explaining Bridget's death, entitled "My Aunt Died..." which has gained 175 views on YouTube as of 13 December 2015.

On 29 September 2015, in a review of the Paul McCartney albums "Tug of War" and "Pipes of Peace," a dedication to Bridget appeared after the credits. Every episode of Behind The Grooves between this one and Hunky Dory by David Bowe was dedicated to Bridget. For an unknown reason, Dezern has stopped making the dedication starting in the show's fourth season.

Production and release
The slideshow began production in late November 2015, with pictures from Bridget's Facebook page she had posted before her passing. The song was "the easiest thing to do," according to Dezern, after syncing the song Shades Of Gray by the 1960s boy band, The Monkees, from his copy of their 1967 album, Headquarters. The slideshow finished production on 12 December 2015, and was put into Dezern's "To Release" folder.

The slideshow released on 18 December 2015 at 4:03pm, and it accomplished eleven views in its first day.

Reception
Dezern advertised it on his Facebook page, and through the comment box of a tribute made to Bridget earlier that day, as it marked the first anniversary of her death. After posting a link to the slideshow, a friend of Bridget's mother shared the slideshow, and it got "very positive comments."