# A great guy and poster, Q.E.D. {RIP} **URL:** \ **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:** 3
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/41 "2009-10-09T03:36:12Z")
Rest in peace, brother. You are, and will be sorely missed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/42 "2009-10-09T03:39:02Z")
Damn, that sucks. If it’s not too rude, what was the cause of death? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/43 "2009-10-09T03:48:25Z")
Nooooo… I’ve been lurking for a while and even while i was here QED was always one of the great names… You’re on my list of Legendary Dopers, and I hope whereever you’re at right now, you’re at peace. Q.E.D. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/44 "2009-10-09T04:05:47Z")
It took me until the 18th post to for my mind to put together who it was. And then it hit me like a ton of bricks. You were the first poster whose name I noticed here. Heck, your posts were one of the reasons I joined. I’ve missed you since you decided not to come back, but now I’ll miss you a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/45 "2009-10-09T04:16:31Z")
Damn. I can’t quite believe it. It’s just terrible to lose someone like him. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/46 "2009-10-09T04:58:06Z")
Sad news indeed. He was one of the best on the SDMB. My condolences to his family. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/47 "2009-10-09T05:07:00Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > If it’s not too rude, what was the cause of death? I couldn’t find anything else on the 'net, but I hope **fisha** can tell us a little more. I meant to say in my earlier post that despite his sometime abrasiveness, **Q.E.D.** was one of the most enthusiastic Dopers we ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/48 "2009-10-09T05:27:28Z")
> [@bbs2k](#): > > Oh my God no. I just got this weird email. Oh fuck no. Care to explain this ?😕 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/49 "2009-10-09T05:53:56Z")
> [@indian](#): > > Care to explain this ?😕 I assume I probably got the same email that the OP did. It was from Mike’s email address, but it wasn’t him writing it. “Unexpected” might have been a better word to use rather than weird, but all the same it just feels so fucking weird. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/50 "2009-10-09T06:11:48Z")
> [@bbs2k](#): > > I assume I probably got the same email that the OP did. It was from Mike’s email address, but it wasn’t him writing it. “Unexpected” might have been a better word to use rather than weird, but all the same it just feels so fucking weird. I saw the thread title and I didn’t believe it initially, because I had QED online on my IM, and I knew him to be relatively young. It’s a great loss for our community. He was a enthusiastic contributor to these boards, with an abundance of knowledge. I remember when I was mod we changed the GQ forum description based on his recommendation to include “factual question” to the forum description. That will continue to remind me of him. He’s still online on my IM. I left a message for his family with a link to this thread. Not sure if they’ll check in. His IM status reads “Tony says ‘Mew!’” (Tony is his cat, whose pic is his avatar). ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/51 "2009-10-09T06:12:38Z")
I’ll miss him. He was a great poster. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/52 "2009-10-09T06:27:28Z")
Terrible news. He was a very important part of this community, an invaluable resource in GQ. He will be sorely missed. Goodbye, **Q.E.D.** ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/53 "2009-10-09T07:01:58Z")
Frankly, the guy could be something of a prick at times. Especially rankling was when he acted that way to newbies or people who seemed like gentle spirits, the type that steered clear of the Pit and GD and then would get their head bitten off when they posted some innocuous question in GQ or somewhere. Oddly enough though, I still kind of liked and respected him. And I was touched by his eagerness to help out when Domebo started up and by all the hard work he did there in the beginning. All in all, I am very sorry to hear that he has passed and I’ll miss him around here, as I have since his suspension. R.I.P., **Q.E.D.** ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/54 "2009-10-09T07:44:41Z")
Damn it. This sucks. ☹ And only 44!?! ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/55 "2009-10-09T08:39:13Z")
This is terrible. \*\*Q.E.D.\*\*s posts were a major contribution to my fascination with this place when I first started lurking here, his name was one of the first I learned to recognize. This sucks. I’ll miss him. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/56 "2009-10-09T09:15:48Z")
He gave as good as he got. He was a smart man with a broad knowledge base and a desire to educate in GQ more than a need to always be right. He got a bit cantankerous towards the end of his posting career here, but was goaded. He put a lot of effort into the other board and never really got the accolades he deserved. He never really mixed his personal life up with his postings which I consider an achievment. However, Mike, I am glad to finally know your name as I respect your efforts on both boards. My condolences to his family and RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/57 "2009-10-09T10:25:36Z")
A legend has passed. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/58 "2009-10-09T11:26:04Z")
I like to think that a doper’s family, especially such a respected and widely known member as Q.E.D. can read a thread like this and find some condolance in the many lives he touched. Same side of the table or opposite sides of the table, Q.E.D. always had my respect. He will be terribly missed. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/59 "2009-10-09T11:59:58Z")
Damn! A bad year in Doperland, that’s for sure. Sorry Michael. You’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/60 "2009-10-09T12:00:30Z")
Always feel a sense of loss when we lose one of our own, but this is just staggering. If his family checks in I hope that they realize how many lives their son/brother touched. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121.md?page=4)