# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/121 "2009-01-18T14:32:05Z")
So, I take it there’s been no published obit yet. OooooK. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/122 "2009-01-18T15:13:37Z")
I just saw this today. I’m sorry to hear about **Reeder**. My condolences to his family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/123 "2009-01-19T14:17:56Z")
[Obit](http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20090119/OBITUARIES/901182984/1001). I think this is accurate. ---
**Author:** ![debiannj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@debiannj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/debiannj)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/124 "2009-01-19T18:26:16Z")
Here is Reeder’s [obit](http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20090119/OBITUARIES/901182984/1001). Debiannj ---
**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 19, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/125 "2009-01-19T23:20:52Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > For **Reeder,** Heaven would be to torment Bush for all eternity. Despite his vitriol, I think he’d pass on that. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/126 "2009-01-20T00:20:01Z")
RIP, **Reeder**. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/127 "2009-01-20T00:29:45Z")
I remember **Reeder**. Sometimes his posts simply baffled me, even though I agreed with his general outlook. He helped keep things interesting. **debiannj** , thanks for letting us know. I wish peace and comfort for you and Reeder’s family. I also hope you stick around the Dope, if you feel like it. Next time I’m preparing to insult somebody on the SDMB, I’ll stop and remember that behind that username there’s a person with a face, with feelings, and with a life that they’re living as well as they know how. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/128 "2009-01-20T00:46:20Z")
Reading the obit, I realise **Reeder** is the poster I just randomly wondered about just yesterday - “I wonder if that guy’s daughter went ahead and named her daughter Echo?”. That’s the only interaction I remember with him, though his name is very familiar to me. It’s very sad to hear of his passing, especially at such a young age. My condolences to his family. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/129 "2009-01-20T01:55:18Z")
Oh, God damn. ☹ I’d been away from the boards for a few days up until yesterday, and hadn’t seen this thread until now. Damn. ☹ I liked **Reeder**. Well, I mean, not always, but you know… He had a powerful personality that wasn’t always easy to disagree with, but you could tell that he was a great guy underneath. I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/130 "2009-01-20T05:45:11Z")
Damn, I missed the update that he’d passed away ☹ I’ve made a donation to the ACLU in his memory. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/131 "2009-01-22T01:21:37Z")
Crap. I did a search for Reeder just to see if he made it long enough to see Bush’s helicopter taking off that one last time. No fair. I’m sure he would have loved it. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/132 "2009-01-22T01:30:32Z")
While he would have been happy to see the end of the Bush years, I think he would have been even more tickled at how the Obama era has kicked off. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/133 "2009-01-22T02:11:29Z")
I’m sorry for the Boards (and this world’s) loss. If there’s an afterlife, I know that the cheers / jeers going through the crowd as that helicopter rose would have made him smile. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/134 "2009-01-25T22:53:45Z")
I can’t bear to read this thread. My own pain is still too raw. Suffice it to say that **Reeder** will always live on in my own political consciousness and in the hearts of those who knew and loved him IRL. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/135 "2009-01-25T23:12:59Z")
I’m sorry to learn of Reeder’s passing. So sorry. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169/136 "2009-01-26T06:05:18Z")
I’m sorry. I’ve been avoiding this thread because it had too much of a chance to be a gotcha. Reeder made a strong impact on a lot of lives. He may have been the person who made me change my opinion on the war. He will be remembered. May he find what he seeks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169.md?page=6)