# Lynn Bodoni has passed away **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 20, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781 "2014-02-20T13:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/221 "2014-02-21T07:00:56Z")
To say I’m shocked by this news doesn’t even begin to convey my feelings. Her family and loved ones are in my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/222 "2014-02-21T07:36:43Z")
I just found out… ☹ My condolences to Lynn’s family and all who knew her. This board won’t be the same without her. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/223 "2014-02-21T07:52:22Z")
My deepest sympathies to her family. Rest in peace, Lynn. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/224 "2014-02-21T08:01:07Z")
Sincere condolences to Lynn’s family and friends. She will be missed and fondly remembered. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/225 "2014-02-21T08:13:31Z")
Well, shit. For some reason I suddenly had the thought that someone on the board may have died and checked the usual forum for such news, MPSIMS, but saw nothing. Except for a thread about giving to a charity in Lynn’s memory, which made me seek deeper. Bugger that my instincts were right. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/226 "2014-02-21T08:55:10Z")
Crap. I knew Lynn since the days of the old AOL board, which has got to be going on 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/227 "2014-02-21T08:57:34Z")
This truly is sad news; My thoughts, condolences and sympathy go out to her family and friends - she will most definitely be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/228 "2014-02-21T09:12:21Z")
This is _way_ past unfortunate news. She has been, and her legacy continues to be, a pillar in the SDMB community. ☹ Tripler RIP, Lynn. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/229 "2014-02-21T09:26:07Z")
Such sad news ☹ My condolences to her family and friends, she will be very much missed. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/230 "2014-02-21T11:03:00Z")
Crap. Lynn will really be missed here. Condolences to her family. She’s the only Doper I’ve actually met (we had lunch once… cat-related meeting). pullin ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/231 "2014-02-21T11:12:45Z")
How very sad, she will be greatly missed. My condolences to all, especially to those who knew her on a more personal level. > [@Marley23](#): > > She’d been ill for some time. We talked about opening a thread a while ago so she could see how much people appreciated what she’s done for the board, but that was very much not **Lynn** ’s style and we chose to respect her privacy. Thank you for this. Without wanting to be weird of inappropriate, it helps to fill these little gaps of not knowing what happened, because those gaps hurt. A school friend of mine died in her early 20s, and I read about in an announcement but never knew what happened. It always stays that way, a little hole, feeling like I am somehow disrespecting her memory in not knowing, while asking people I am not in any way close to seems inappropriate. So thank you Marley, is all I wanted to say. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/232 "2014-02-21T12:58:03Z")
Very sad news. Condolences to all friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/233 "2014-02-21T14:03:06Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Hey everyone, > > [The memorial fundraising thread for Child’s Play is now up.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17125018#post17125018) If you’re interested to share this with others who may not be familiar with the boards, or to track our progress so far, I also created [a web page for the fundraiser](http://lynnbodonimemorial.weebly.com/). Thanks for doing this!! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/234 "2014-02-21T14:18:44Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > One of the mothers of this board is gone. ☹ ☹ Beautiful, wise tribute. She will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/235 "2014-02-21T16:15:07Z")
This is very sad news, everything she did and said suggested she was simply a kind and wonderful person to her very core. Having lived in Ft. Worth for awhile it always gave me comfort to know she was still there taking care of it. I’ll miss that, and everything else about her. > [@TubaDiva](#): > > She did love animals, cats most of all, and if you truly wish to remember her in a tangible way, support your local animal shelter or even better, go there and adopt a cat. Having a Lynn Bodoni kitty in your house would be a very appropriate memorial. Lynn would approve. 🙂 Very well, our next cat _will_ be named Bodoni. Thanks for the years of nice, wise and kind contributions, Lynn. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/236 "2014-02-21T16:37:29Z")
She was very good to me. God speed Lynn ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/237 "2014-02-21T16:58:49Z")
Lynn’s sister is a member here, although she doesn’t post. She sent me a PM yesterday and she wanted me to share her thanks. > [@](#): > > I know that this message board provided many hours of enjoyment to my sister, and wonder if you could express the family’s gratitude to members who were friends to my sister. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/238 "2014-02-21T16:59:08Z")
She was always one of the good ones. Rest in peace, Lynn. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/239 "2014-02-21T17:47:58Z")
I was stunned to read this. I knew she was in poor health, but had no idea it was this bad. Very sad news. She was a founding member of this board. My condolences to her family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781/240 "2014-02-21T17:58:49Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Very well, our next cat _will_ be named Bodoni. Sounds like a [type font.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodoni) How about “Lynn” instead? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-has-passed-away/681781.md?page=13)