![]() So you've got to do what you can with the time you have and spend as much time you can with the people you love. HUNT: And that's the thing that he really taught me most is that you always care for the people you love and you care for the people you don't love and don't really know either because you just never know - because, you know, today is not promised. LYNYRD SKYNYRD: (Singing) Lord knows, I can't change. So we've been trying to continue his legacy. So Scott was one of those people who would leave a huge tip at the bar or just, you know, give you $20 because it sounded like you're having a hard week and he wanted you to go get something nice for dinner. ![]() HUNT: It sounds silly, but one of the things that we have done and that's mostly stuck out, I think, as his legacy is that everybody who knows him tries to kind of commit these - we call them random acts of Scooter. LYNYRD SKYNYRD: (Singing) But if I stay here with you, girl, things just couldn't be the same. He's - you know, you meet him and he's instantly part of your family. And there are so many people around here that called him or still call him their brother or Uncle Scooter. So the people he met in town, his friends, my sister and I were his bonus children. HUNT: Scott was very much one of the people that family is what you make it. LYNYRD SKYNYRD: (Singing) If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? I mean, he loved Lynyrd Skynyrd in general, but "Free Bird" was always one that stuck with us. And "Free Bird" was one of Scott's favorite songs of all time. We listened to a lot of classic rock in Scott's garage, whether it was working or just hanging out. We stripped down the whole car, sanded, painted everything. He bought an old, beat-up 1986 pickup truck. HUNT: He and I actually built my first car together. So he did stuff that my mom didn't want to do, like going to rock concerts with me, was the only one who was fearless enough to teach me to drive on the interstate. They dated, best friends on and off, whatever. HUNT: He and my mom were best friends for a long time. (SOUNDBITE OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD'S "FREE BIRD") SHANNON HUNT: Scott just taught me how to be cool. Scott was a mechanic from Shiloh, Ill., and a bonus dad to Shannon and her sister, Amie. Today, Shannon Hunt remembers Scott Stewart - or Scooter, as he was known to friends and family. We call these tributes Songs of Remembrance. And NPR's been remembering some of them through the music that gave their lives meaning. More than a million people have died in the U.S.
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