# Remembering Reeder **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169 "2009-01-13T23:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/61 "2009-01-14T21:59:20Z")
So sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/62 "2009-01-14T22:16:50Z")
Good luck, Reeder. Thank you for your service to your country. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/63 "2009-01-14T22:57:03Z")
That name rings a big bell. Agree with him or disagree with him, I would not wish his condition on anyone. Thanks for letting us know. Fingers crossed that he survives and that the mental incapacity is slight. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/64 "2009-01-14T23:00:20Z")
I remember him. I’m going to also keep him in my prayers. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/65 "2009-01-15T04:34:56Z")
Best of luck, **Reeder**. Everyone else finally came to understand what you knew all along. ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/66 "2009-01-15T15:05:04Z")
I also remember **Reeder** , and am very sad to hear this news. Best of luck to him, and to his family. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/67 "2009-01-15T15:05:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Everyone else finally came to understand what you knew all along. Well, except for the 75% of Republicans who _still_ think that Bush is the Bees Knees, but who’s counting? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/68 "2009-01-15T15:29:22Z")
I’m so sorry to hear this. Best wishes to **Reeder** and his family. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/69 "2009-01-15T16:21:19Z")
Peace man. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/70 "2009-01-15T16:55:34Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > ☹ > > [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501650) ??? ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/71 "2009-01-15T17:00:28Z")
Best wishes to you and Reeder, and your family. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/72 "2009-01-15T17:14:21Z")
Debiann just IMed me to say that Reeder passed away last night. If his family publishes a public obituary I’ll post a link here. God’s blessings on Reeder, his family, his friends, and all those who loved him. Jenny ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/73 "2009-01-15T17:30:40Z")
Damn. What a bummer. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/74 "2009-01-15T17:33:12Z")
Awwwww. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/75 "2009-01-15T17:36:16Z")
How sad. Farewell, Reeder, and God bless. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/76 "2009-01-15T17:38:24Z")
Goddamn I really hate to hear that :(. I liked Reeder and think about him while reading a lot of threads. In fact I made a comparison of myself to him in a thread not too long ago. ---
**Author:** ![debiannj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@debiannj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/debiannj)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/77 "2009-01-15T17:42:13Z")
Reeder passed away last night around 8 PM with his wife and children by his side. He had been dealing with complications of liver disease, Central Pontaine Mylenosis, and his last illness of Endocarditis. In the end, the infection was too strong and it shut down his body. He would have liked reading that some of you that disagreed with him now say he was right all along, and he wanted to see Obama sworn in. One of the few things he did respond to while hospitalized was when he was asked about Bush, he said he didn’t like him. Reeder was proud to say he was a Nam vet, but he didn’t talk much about it. But I saw the tears in his eyes when he walked through the Vietnam Memorial. His biggest fear was that Iraq would become another Vietnam. As much as he disagreed with the war, he supported the men and women who served their country. I don’t come here very often, and when I did before he was banned, I mostly read and posted very few times. I know that Reeder was happy here, especially when he got people riled up. He said it made them think. At this point, I don’t know what his family is planning to do. I know someone said they wanted to send a card to his family. I don’t know if I can post an email address - but you can email me at **i\_told\_u\_so** at **[comcast.net](http://comcast.net)** and I can give you more information that way if that’s what you wish. The best tribute to him that I can think of is to keep an eye on your government and question anything you don’t agree with. He firmly believed that we had a duty to tell the government what we wanted, and at times, where to go. 😃 Pardon anything not spelled right. He told me once that if I posted here, to make sure I spelled things right, even though he always got to and too mixed up. I gave him hell about that. 😃 I will miss my best friend. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/78 "2009-01-15T17:46:40Z")
Thanks for the update **debiannj**. Cheers **Reeder** , and safe travels. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/79 "2009-01-15T17:47:58Z")
My condolences. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/80 "2009-01-15T17:49:28Z")
My condolences. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169.md?page=5)