# Bye, Opal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666 "2013-03-11T23:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/241 "2013-03-12T14:28:49Z")
I’ll miss you Opal - I will really, really miss you. My deepest condolences to her family. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/242 "2013-03-12T14:31:32Z")
This is awful news. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/243 "2013-03-12T14:32:07Z")
I knew her on LJ back in the day. That’s how I found the dope-- she pointed me to a JDT trainwreck in progress. One time, she stated sending out ICQ messeges of pure gibberish, turned out she’d left her client open, and a very young Nicky was online… Later on, we didn’t always get along, and I regret that. Why are the ones with so much talent so messed up? Heartbreaking. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/244 "2013-03-12T14:32:52Z")
Such sad, sad news. It’s been years since we have interacted, but I’ll always remember her being a part of the boards and the IRC chat room. Way too soon for her to go. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/245 "2013-03-12T14:32:56Z")
> [@dantheman](#): > > Wow, terrible, surprising news. Will definitely miss her. > > This is the part where I say, “but she was so young!” Because she was. My age, maybe younger. She turned 41 in February. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/246 "2013-03-12T14:35:26Z")
Opal’s passing has turned it into Old Home Week on the SDMB. I am sorry for the loss to her family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/247 "2013-03-12T14:40:03Z")
Very sad news. My condolences to her family. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/248 "2013-03-12T14:41:29Z")
Such sad news. May she, her family, and her friends, find peace. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/249 "2013-03-12T15:01:48Z")
Very sad news - condolences to her family. ---
**Author:** ![Tristam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Tristam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/250 "2013-03-12T15:10:35Z")
> [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](#): > > Opal’s passing has turned it into Old Home Week on the SDMB. > > I am sorry for the loss to her family and friends. Funerals always have a way of bringing families back together. I only met her once, at Weird Dave and Ginger of the North’s wedding if memory serves. She made an impression that’s for sure. My condolences for all who mourn her especially her son. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/251 "2013-03-12T15:13:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’d never seen that before. That is mindblowingly good. > > And now I can’t tell her that. > > ☹ I’ve been watching this thread since it started and couldn’t really find any words. I had some vague idea that Opal was an artist, but I hadn’t really taken the time to check it out. Now that it’s too late, I find out that she was pretty friggin’ talented. I was checking out some of her gallery yesterday and some of her paintings looked nearly photographic in their realism. I wish I had taken the time to notice that while there was still time to tell her. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/252 "2013-03-12T15:23:14Z")
I actually lost sleep over this last night. I want this to be a fucking joke. I remeber Cecil refrencing Opal in one of the later SD books. When I joined in 2011 I was tickled to see that she was still here, and still posting. I was lucky enough to interact with her a bit on some mudane thing or another, I don’t remember what exactly… I’m glad I got to do that. I was just wondering about her a few days ago. I hadn’t seen her post in a while but too lazy to go look up her posting history. I’m so sorry to hear about her troubles. Godspeed, amiga. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/253 "2013-03-12T15:33:59Z")
My condolences to her family, especially her little boy. She was a lovely person. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/254 "2013-03-12T15:41:45Z")
1. 2. 3. Goodbye, Opal. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/255 "2013-03-12T15:45:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Shit. > Shitshitshit. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/256 "2013-03-12T15:49:26Z")
I never knew Opal, except as a legend here on the Dope. Her paintings and photos are just incredible. The search for peace in life when it eludes you is like running a lifetime marathon. I hope she has found peace and her family my condolences. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/257 "2013-03-12T15:52:33Z")
Such sad news. We did have some fun both on the board and in chat way back when. My condolences to her son, her family, and her friends. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/258 "2013-03-12T15:53:00Z")
Oh, _hell_ . . . I’m just heartbroken for Dominick, who I remember as a sweetheart of five-year-old when Opal was posting most regularly here. I didn’t have nearly as much interaction with her as others, but there was a time when she posted an 800 number she’d paid for and asked for callers. I think we ended up talking for about three hours. I was always amazed at how creative and prolific she was. For someone struggling with depression, she stayed on her feet mentally and physically almost all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/259 "2013-03-12T15:55:29Z")
I never interacted with her much, but this is still sad news. Too many Doper deaths in recent months. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/260 "2013-03-12T15:56:39Z")
Such sad news for **Opal** ’s family. My condolences to them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666.md?page=14)