# RIP Autolycus **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014 "2012-11-05T23:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/321 "2012-11-19T05:39:51Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > Obit says it was a heart attack. > > This is so awful ☹ I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a “heart attack” as in the technical sense (blocked artery, “heart attack” is also commonly used to describe cardiac arrest due to other causes). At least, I hope it wasn’t and it would be highly unusual if it was unless he had a family history (then why didn’t we/he know about that?). ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/322 "2012-11-19T06:03:02Z")
I’m rather late, but I just discovered this thread. Wow. My condolences to his family and friends and this is also a loss to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/323 "2012-11-19T06:14:55Z")
Sorry to hear this. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/324 "2012-11-19T13:09:57Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Just a bump. His obit is online with the funeral home now, should anyone care to post. I think most people who have posted in this thread know his name by now, so finding the obit is a cinch. I don’t have his full name, but would like to see it. Would someone kindly PM me the link to the obituary? Thanks. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/325 "2012-11-19T14:22:06Z")
The funeral is going to be streamed from Japan tomorrow at 10 am ET. I’ve asked for permission to post a link here. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/326 "2012-11-19T14:37:47Z")
His name needs to be added to the in memoriam sticky. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/327 "2012-11-19T15:04:24Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I don’t have his full name, but would like to see it. Would someone kindly PM me the link to the obituary? > > Thanks. Me too, please. Thank you. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/328 "2012-11-19T15:10:54Z")
I don’t think it’s a secret. Obit is [here](http://www.lehmanreen.com/obits/obituary.php?id=226063). ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/329 "2012-11-19T15:28:38Z")
Got his girlfriend’s blessing. [Link to funeral UStream channel](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/johnezzard). It’s tomorrow at 10 am ET (GMT -5). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/330 "2012-11-19T17:34:36Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > That’s not a “funeral” (Mass of Christian Burial), it’s a memorial Mass. My Mom’s memorial Mass was in CO for her friends there, as her body was on the way back to CT for her Funeral Mass and burial. Shrug, guess it’s a difference in translation then. You can have funerals _corpore insepulto_ (with the body not buried) or _corpore sepulto_, so just go take it up with the people who wrote the Latin. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/331 "2012-11-19T17:38:55Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Got his girlfriend’s blessing. [Link to funeral UStream channel](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/johnezzard). It’s tomorrow at 10 am ET (GMT -5). Thank you. Unfortunately, I’m going to be in class… is there a chance that will be cached somewhere? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/332 "2012-11-19T17:53:47Z")
I will ask. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/333 "2012-11-19T19:25:31Z")
With my apologies for the sidetrack, but **gigi** , I think you’re assuming that when I talk about, for example, “someone who was buried several countries away”, I’m talking about someone who already had a funeral and burial. I’m not. The body was left where he died; the first Mass held after his death, for him and following the funeral rite (not memorial rites), took place back home. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/334 "2012-11-19T19:47:43Z")
Read the obit. ☹ 28 is so young. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/335 "2012-11-19T19:51:12Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Read the obit. ☹ 28 is so young. I know. I have a niece who is a week younger. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/336 "2012-11-19T20:21:03Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I don’t think it’s a secret. Obit is [here](http://www.lehmanreen.com/obits/obituary.php?id=226063). Thank you for that. I note that there is a place to type in a condolence message; would anyone like to leave one in appreciation of the Dope as a whole? I can’t see that any have been left at all, yet, but don’t know if that’s just my browser being weird, or maybe it’s just not a thing anyone does…I dunno. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/337 "2012-11-19T20:28:48Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I can’t see that any have been left at all, yet, but don’t know if that’s just my browser being weird, or maybe it’s just not a thing anyone does…I dunno. I think they are only visible to the family. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/338 "2012-11-19T23:13:03Z")
He looked good. I guess they’re going to bury him with his glasses on. That answers a question that I never even thought to ask. His parents were in good spirits, considering. It was really good to see them. They’re going to try to move back up here by the end of the summer. I’m glad, that way I can maintain a connection to him. His parents lost the link to this thread, but his friend is setting up a web site that will allow us to leave our memories of him. I’ll let you know when it’s up and running. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/339 "2012-11-20T04:14:41Z")
Fucking sad, man. That’s all I can say. RIP **Autolycus**. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/340 "2012-11-20T15:51:22Z")
The stream is working, folks, if you wish to watch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014.md?page=18)