Tyler Joseph Cusick was born to Michael Timm Cusick and Debra Jean Hagen at St. John’s Hospital, Fargo, ND, on February 20th, 1980. He passed away at Fargo’s Innovis Hospital, April 24th, 2007. He is survived by his brother, Toy Thomas Cusick, Jamestown, ND; his great-grandmother, Mary T. Berg, Moorhead, MN; his grandmother, Lois Cusick, Fargo, ND; his uncles, Terrence D., Toby R. Cusick, and Scott Hagen, all of Fargo, ND; his aunts, Tracey A. (Don) DeMorett, Maple Grove, MN and Vicki Hagen, West Fargo, ND; cousin, Justin Hagen, West Fargo, ND; and extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by both his father and mother, his grandfathers, Reed D. Cusick and Gilmer Hagen and his grandmother, Janice Hagen. He attended schools in Fargo and Phoenix, Arizona. He was a lifelong traveler, poet and free spirit who had traveled to every state in the Union, writing and selling his poetry as he went along. He also was a devoted Jewel fan and had traveled as a roadie on one of her tours. He had accumulated numerous friends all across the country and will be missed by all.