# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 62
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/62 "2017-12-06T21:34:38Z")
[Frank](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), formerly known as **This Year’s Model** and a former moderator passed away after a fight with [lung cancer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=811017). Announced [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841831). ETA: > [@Frank (This Year's Model) has left us.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-this-years-model-has-left-us/801666): > > I heard from our old friend bibliophage this afternoon. Frank, Doper and former Moderator, lost his battle with lung cancer over the summer. Frank was always a very private person and so perhaps chose not to share so much, though he did tell us when he was starting chemo. Apparently it did not last very long. He was a devoted member of The Teeming Millions, going all the way back to 2002 when he first joined us. It didn’t take long for him to become one of our moderators. He served until… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917)._