# A great guy and poster, Q.E.D. {RIP}
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 8, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121 "2009-10-08T23:05:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/1 "2009-10-08T23:05:36Z")
Michael’s sister emailed me to let me know that Mike had died.
> **[Michael Bell, formerly of New Providence, dies at age 44](https://www.nj.com/independentpress/2009/10/michael_bell_formerly_of_new_p.html)**
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> Michael Brian Bell, 44, of Richmond, Va., formerly of New Providence, went to the Lord on Sept. 22, 2009. Michael graduated from New Providence High School in 1985, where he received several academic awards. He was an accomplished writer and...
It’s a sad, sad day.
He was a great source of knowledge and an all around decent guy with an awesome sense of humor.
Shit.
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/2 "2009-10-08T23:13:20Z")
Sorry to see that.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/3 "2009-10-08T23:14:50Z")
Very sad news.
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### Author:  [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/4 "2009-10-08T23:18:02Z")
Oh man…
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/5 "2009-10-08T23:18:57Z")
This is very sad. Always wondered when he would be back again. I missed him in the Doperverse.
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### Author:  [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/6 "2009-10-08T23:21:28Z")
I thought he was still a regular poster? What happened?
RIP. ☹
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/7 "2009-10-08T23:27:02Z")
Way too young. My deepest sympathies to his family and friends.
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/8 "2009-10-08T23:27:25Z")
It’s been a bad year.
Such sad news.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/9 "2009-10-08T23:30:27Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#):
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> I thought he was still a regular poster? What happened?
He was suspended for a month, but didn’t resume posting after his suspension was over.
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### Author:  [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/10 "2009-10-08T23:30:42Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#):
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> It’s been a bad year.
Yeah, it really has.
My sympathies to his friends and family as well.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/11 "2009-10-08T23:30:57Z")
Oh, damn. That’s a kick in the teeth.
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/12 "2009-10-08T23:33:31Z")
Such sad news.
My condolences to his family.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/13 "2009-10-08T23:37:50Z")
Man, that’s a damned shame.
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### Author:  [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/14 "2009-10-08T23:40:09Z")
Very upsetting news. I wish his family peace.
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### Author:  [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/15 "2009-10-08T23:42:29Z")
Whoa, we grew up in the same hometown. I didn’t realize that. Anyway, surprising and sad news.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/16 "2009-10-08T23:51:25Z")
Rest In Peace.
A bad year all around.
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### Author:  [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/17 "2009-10-08T23:53:14Z")
I’m so sorry to hear this.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/18 "2009-10-08T23:57:33Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> A bad year all around.
Indeed. ISTR I owe him a new keyboard from a few years ago. Apparently I said something funny once.
Good-bye, **Q.E.D.**
☹
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### Author:  [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/19 "2009-10-09T00:12:36Z")
Oh my God no. I just got this weird email. Oh fuck no.
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### Author:  [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/20 "2009-10-09T00:23:27Z")
may his memory be eternal.
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