# Jonathan\_Chance, RIP 2020-11-12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264 "2020-10-30T03:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/21 "2020-10-30T10:16:07Z")
I’m so sorry to hear this. My very best wishes are extended to JC and his loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/22 "2020-10-30T10:23:37Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Wow. Must have been sudden–he just started his new business a few months ago. Yeah, that’s what made this a major surprise to me. Damn. He has been an institution here. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/23 "2020-10-30T10:25:35Z")
Dammit. How very sad ☹ ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/24 "2020-10-30T10:37:09Z")
Best wishes to JC and family. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/25 "2020-10-30T11:46:19Z")
This really sucks. I remember going to his parties when he lived in VA. That’s how I met most of the people I knew from the boards, Opalcat and I were friends for a number of years before she moved out of the area. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/26 "2020-10-30T11:50:27Z")
Oh no. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/27 "2020-10-30T12:19:53Z")
I am beyond devastated. Nate is one of the kindest people I know. He and my daughter like a lot of the same 80s punk bands and he’d send her vintage pins. I had no idea he was sick again and I’m absolutely crushed. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/28 "2020-10-30T12:22:41Z")
All the best, JC, all the best. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/29 "2020-10-30T12:27:27Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > And also, this. All the New Year’s cartoons should show Baby 2021 with a god-damned baseball bat just beating the shit out of long-bearded Old Man 2020. Before you start celebrating, keep in mind that Al Capone killed Scalise and Anselmi with a baseball bat, and he turned out to be bigger and badder than either of them. Just sayin’ … … 😈 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/30 "2020-10-30T12:34:50Z")
I hope he recovers and is coping as well as could be expected. I hope he is comfortable, his care is excellent, and his family is supportive. His friends at the Dope care deeply about his well-being. He is an excellent moderator. I suspect this is because he is an excellent person. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/31 "2020-10-30T12:58:38Z")
I wasn’t lucky enough to ever meet him, but am truly saddened by this news all the same. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/32 "2020-10-30T13:05:38Z")
JC was always a solid participant in the baseball threads I’ve been active in, or at least passively reading all these years. I finally got a copy of OOTP in the hopes of joining one of his leagues once a spot opened up. He’s also in the same industry I am, and he provides the soundest, most even-keeled advice/commentary on the subject on the board. He’s going to be really, truly missed. I’m really fucking sick of 2020. All of my best wishes to any family or friends of his that may be reading this. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/33 "2020-10-30T13:40:30Z")
😢 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/34 "2020-10-30T13:56:48Z")
From what I saw in another post on Facebook, his doctors not only don’t expect him to recover, they don’t expect him to live more than a week. It’s devastating news. On the other hand, doctors said the same thing about my dad four times, and three times he was moved out of hospice. I don’t even know what to hope. I like Nate and have enjoyed our friendship on FB, so I hope the doctors are not only wrong, they’re HELL wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/35 "2020-10-30T14:05:03Z")
I just saw the announcement on FaceBook, too. Is anyone going to the gathering? It’s way out of my area. I never interacted with him, but I always admired him and his posts. Sad news. All the best to him and his family. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/36 "2020-10-30T14:11:29Z")
I had the pleasure of speaking with him on the phone not too long ago. He mentioned dealing with a health issue. Nate is a genuinely good person. I’m so sorry to hear this latest terrible development. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/37 "2020-10-30T14:12:11Z")
One more reason 2020 blows. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/38 "2020-10-30T14:17:32Z")
Well, yet more terrible news to wake up to. Even worse for his family and close friends, to be sure. Hospice never presents a rosy outlook in my experience, but I hope for the best for Nate and his family as they go through this, ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/39 "2020-10-30T14:19:11Z")
I’m so sorry. Safe journies, JC. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264/40 "2020-10-30T14:19:19Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > From what I saw in another post on Facebook, his doctors not only don’t expect him to recover, they don’t expect him to live more than a week. It’s devastating news. Oh goddammit. Also had news today that a (non-Board) friend who already had myriad health issues has been hospitalized this morning for “a blood clot in the brain” (not sure whether that’s literally a stroke or something else). C’mon 2020 - throw us a bone. Give us some happy news for once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264.md?page=3)