# RIP samclem (former mod) (December 18, 2021) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459 "2023-03-21T19:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/1 "2023-03-21T19:46:00Z")
As I recall he just ghosted the board, unless there’s some secret knowledge in the mod loop. Thought I would see if I could find anything and found: [Obit.](https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/23487347/samuel-thomas-clements-iii) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/2 "2023-03-21T19:50:41Z")
Wow. Thank you for letting us know. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/3 "2023-03-21T19:55:02Z")
RIP, **samclem**. You were one of the Good Ones. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/4 "2023-03-21T20:11:25Z")
He was a damn good Mod and a great poster. RIP ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/5 "2023-03-21T20:13:54Z")
Oh, man! Loved his work on word and phrase origins. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/6 "2023-03-21T20:17:34Z")
RIP, samclem. You will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/7 "2023-03-21T20:22:20Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > As I recall he just ghosted the board, unless there’s some secret knowledge in the mod loop. A lot of us were worried about him, but no, there was no secret knowledge. We were not told of his passing. Thank you for posting this. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/8 "2023-03-21T20:28:07Z")
Damn, I am sorry to hear that, especially on top of the recent news of Guin’s passing. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/9 "2023-03-21T20:38:15Z")
I remember the sentiment ‘I really enjoy coin collecting. I would not recommend it as an investment. The average person trying to sell a relative’s coin collection discovers it is worth the weight of the silver plus $5.’ He always struck me as a very sensible and fair business man. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/10 "2023-03-21T21:59:59Z")
Wow. I asked about him in the who do you miss on this board thread and was told he was still a mod when he stopped posting. Strange that a mod would go missing without the others checking it out. He had a friend from Cleveland that I met with him at a dopefest, can’t recall his name but I believe he was a mod as well. Damn. RIP Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/11 "2023-03-21T22:07:42Z")
RIP @samclem. See you on the other side. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/12 "2023-03-21T22:23:43Z")
I think Ukul\lele Ike was originally from Cleveland, and he was a former mod, but that was so long ago, he probably identifies now as a New Yorker ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/13 "2023-03-21T22:26:56Z")
Sad news. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/14 "2023-03-21T22:33:37Z")
Wow. This is so weird, as I would have bet he still posted here, that’s how much a part of this board he was. It’s like in my mind he was still posting even though he apparently hasn’t been here since at least 2021. RIP to (another) one of the defining members of our board. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/15 "2023-03-21T22:41:03Z")
Sad news. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/16 "2023-03-21T23:20:11Z")
I was mistaken, it was @BMalion who I met with Sam at the dopefest, not a mod. And unfortunately it looks like his last post was 5 months before Sam died. They were both great people. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/17 "2023-03-21T23:32:02Z")
I’m a mod from Cleveland, but I never met @samclem except at Dopefests. And @BMalion is also missed, but he had some serious health problems, so it’s unfortunately likely that he’s died now, too. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/18 "2023-03-21T23:35:12Z")
I hadn’t seen @samclem posts in a long, long while. I enjoyed his view of the world. Rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/19 "2023-03-22T04:28:39Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Strange that a mod would go missing without the others checking it out. We tried to get in touch with him but we were never able to get a response. He stopped posting here in 2018. TubaDiva made one last attempt around the mod loop in 2020 to see if anyone could get in touch with him but no one was able to find out anything. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/20 "2023-03-22T06:33:26Z")
The only mod to give me a warning. But I deserved it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459.md?page=2)