# In Memoriam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** sdmb\_rules-and-notes\ **Created:** [March 18, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917 "2009-03-18T18:28:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/1 "2009-03-18T18:28:25Z")
Over the years the Straight Dope community has included a huge variety of memorable and remarkable people. Posters come and go for their own reasons, but some have left us much sooner than we would have liked. This is a short list of friends who have died over the years. We miss them, but we’re glad to have known them in the first place, and thank them for helping us fight ignorance and pass many happy hours. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/2 "2011-10-12T00:18:48Z")
**post to reorder stickies** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/3 "2013-06-18T13:01:42Z")
[**hope**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=8613) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/4 "2013-06-18T13:01:53Z")
**[Dirty Devil](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/5 "2013-06-18T13:02:02Z")
[We have lost a friend:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=147170) [**poohpah chalupa.**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/6 "2013-06-18T13:02:35Z")
**[Mimi](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)**, **Ayesha** ’s mother. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/7 "2013-06-18T13:02:44Z")
[**Persephone**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), [kindhearted mother of two, beloved of **Eutychus**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243208) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/8 "2013-06-18T13:02:53Z")
[**Padeye**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) [has passed away](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354967), husband to **TheLadyLion**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/9 "2013-06-18T13:03:01Z")
Straight Dope AOL member **FixedBack**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/10 "2013-06-18T13:03:10Z")
[The passing of a member, game lover](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=424654) [**marque elf**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/11 "2013-06-18T13:03:19Z")
[**Toymaker**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), a member from the Straight Dope’s days on AOL as well as the message board. > **[Toymaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toymaker/summary)** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/12 "2013-06-18T13:03:28Z")
Sunday morning puzzle regular [**aseymayo**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/13 "2013-06-18T13:03:36Z")
**[barracuda](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/14 "2013-06-18T13:03:45Z")
[**Ayesha**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), [a longtime member from the early days of the board, and wife of **LIONsob**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434281) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/15 "2013-06-18T13:03:54Z")
**[indecisive1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/16 "2013-06-18T13:04:01Z")
[The hilarious and unique](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489866) [**Askia**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/17 "2013-06-18T13:04:10Z")
[**Palikia**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php),[mother of **Darth Nader**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447030) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/18 "2013-06-18T13:04:18Z")
Longtime lurker and [Creative Loafing music writer](http://clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/2008/03/20/russell-shaw-former-cl-music-writer-dies) [**russjourn**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/19 "2013-06-18T13:04:28Z")
[Former pilot and knowledgeable World War II veteran](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464664) [**David Simmons**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/20 "2013-06-18T13:04:37Z")
[Veteran and tinkerer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=535510) [**A.R. Cane**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917.md?page=2)