# 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:** 69
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917/69 "2020-02-24T20:24:20Z")
Long time member **kopek** has [passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22155856&postcount=272). > [@Doper Kopek (has passed)(Ruble in the MMP) edited title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-kopek-has-passed-ruble-in-the-mmp-edited-title/847595): > > This is Mrs. Kopek (Ruble in the MMP) with some serious news. I don’t usually post on these boards (except in the celebrity death pools) but I wanted to let you know that Kopek is in the cardiac intensive care unit in critical condition. I can’t go through the whole story right now, but he had an as-yet undetermined cardiac incident around 3:30 this morning and the paramedics and ER doctors had a hard time restarting his heart and breathing (numerous times). He is currently fully sedated, plu… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/489917)._