# RIP Autolycus
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014
**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:** 2
### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/21 "2012-11-05T23:29:56Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#):
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> I ws wondering a few days ago: When people only know each other from online contact, what are the ways in which they learn of each other’s death?
In this case we knew each other in person. A mutual friend posted about it on facebook.
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### Author:  [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/22 "2012-11-05T23:32:22Z")
Aww man. I am so sorry ☹
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/23 "2012-11-05T23:32:25Z")
No freaking way! Way too young to pass. What horrible news. ☹
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/24 "2012-11-05T23:33:08Z")
my thoughts go out to his friends and family
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### Author:  [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/25 "2012-11-05T23:34:52Z")
What a shock! I’m so sorry to hear this. My prayers go out to his friends and family.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/26 "2012-11-05T23:42:33Z")
Ugh, what a bummer. Thoughts and prayers go to his family and friends.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/27 "2012-11-05T23:44:17Z")
Sending out supporting thoughts to his family and loved ones.
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### Author:  [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/28 "2012-11-05T23:47:37Z")
This is such a shock, and news I’m sorry to hear. My thoughts are with his family.
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### Author:  [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/29 "2012-11-05T23:50:35Z")
Sympathy goes out to his family and friends. So young to pass.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/30 "2012-11-05T23:57:16Z")
So long, [**Autolycus**](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/27235.html).
☹
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### Author:  [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/31 "2012-11-05T23:57:51Z")
Please let this be a false alarm. Damn.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/32 "2012-11-05T23:59:57Z")
☹
He was one of the good 'uns.
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/33 "2012-11-06T00:05:14Z")
Holy shit. That is way too young. ☹ I’ll have his family and friends in my thoughts.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/34 "2012-11-06T00:06:22Z")
Terrible, terrible news. I’m so sorry for his family and friends.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/35 "2012-11-06T00:08:14Z")
Damn. That’s awful. I remember reading his posts just the other day, seems unreal. ☹
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### Author:  [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/36 "2012-11-06T00:22:18Z")
Awful news. **tdn** , please pass the Dope’s condolences to his parents. Let them know he was valued and will be missed.
StG
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### Author:  [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/37 "2012-11-06T00:26:09Z")
So sorry.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/38 "2012-11-06T00:33:24Z")
I met him at a Dopefest in Boston about four years ago, and liked him a lot. I am very sorry to hear this.
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### Author:  [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/39 "2012-11-06T00:33:53Z")
Oh, please let this not be true. He always cracked me up and seemed like such a good guy. I’m hoping his friend was trying to get one over on him. ☹
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/40 "2012-11-06T00:40:52Z")
I just buried a friend of 15 years today.
Please let this be a false alarm!
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