b'BODY OF CHRIST NEWS MAGAZINEOwner of Tanks World Class Barbers SPEAKS OUT ON LOSING A BROTHER TO DIABETEST hasbeenaBarberformorethan19years.Hisshopislocatedat6638E.ColfaxAve.inDenve r. ankHisyoungerbrother,Baba,ownedBigBabysRestaurantatBruceRandolphandClaytonforfiveyears untiltheareawasredevelopedbydevelopers.Buthepassedawayaftercomplicationsofkidney disease/diabetesandbeingonDialysis.Hehadhighbloodpressuressincehisearly20s,saidTank.I want the community (people) to remember how good of a man he was and how great of a person he was . Tank and Baba are originally from Gary, Indiana. They ended up migrating to Colorado along with two other brothers and a sister who still reside in Colorado. His sister, Jennifer Allen Thomas is currently on the city council for Commerce City . ButTankpointsoutthatthemostimportantmessageisthatpeopleneedtotakediabetes seriously.Hesaidhisbrotherhaddiabetessinceage16butmanageditovertheyears.Hismother struggledwithdiabetesinherlate40s,anotherreasontoalwayscheckyourfamilyhistory .You have to diet, work out and take great care of yourself, he states, despite the tragedy of his brother succumbing to diabetes and dying at the age of 48.BOCNEWS.COM9'