Sorry to hear the news. I see he last checked in here around the middle of July.
A fun presence here with more than a little edge to his posts.
As an aside, my plan is to start a new thread when we hear of similar bad news, then after a month or so merge these threads into one "Sad News" thread. I'll do the same with Mathguy's thread.
If this does not make sense to you, then PM me.