NA> It was another one of those things where a Sysop died and the rest of us
NA> didn't know until sometime after... not as fun as the Sysop who died in
NA> his apartment with his rent/bills on auto-withdraw and his
NA> disability/retirement on auto-deposit, so it was only until the neighbors
NA> complained of the smell much later did the cops show up to bust down the
NA> door (his BBS running on autopilot the whole time)

Who was that?  Even when you never met these people, I still hate to hear news
of anyone passing away.  Nancy Backus used to log in here all the time and then
it went quiet.  Eli Sanford (whom I have spoke with several times on the phone)
was another one.  He brought WWIVnet back to life and was a huge WWIV supporter
over the years.  He was not that old, too.  Very nice guy.  I was chatting with
him not long before he passed.  That really sucked.

I still remember when I found out my old co-sysop passed.  Granted he was 30+
years older than me, but I still remember meeting him in person long ago when I
was around 20 years old.

 NA> NA> Anyhow so apparently with Roy he was never married despite proclaiming
so
NA> for years, was the one that reported Ward to the Faa for additional
NA> screening and circumvented the censorship of the Fidonews echo by linking
NA> with... Michiel vandervlist of all people. Trust me I never saw *that*
NA> one coming.

I didn't know about the FAA thing.  I believe Roy was married and has several
kids.  What I read was his wife had died many years before Roy passed and he
never said anything about it.  He acted like she was still alive and would talk
about her all the time.  It is very sad to hear that - and even Ward felt bad
about that when he heard that info.

NA> I think he was a mechanic or something because he ran the Auto echo on
NA> Fido and was very experienced with engine repair.

Yes, he ran an engine rebuild shop.  He was very much into engines, cars, and
tools.  I remember chatting with him on the best options to get before I bought
my air compressor.

NA> I talked to him on the phone a few times, this must of been a few months
NA> before he died and he surprisingly was very laid-back, calm, didn't talk
NA> much.

I never spoke with him on the phone, but we did email and exchange pictures of
car projects, etc.

- Mark

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