http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050920/ap_on_re_eu/obit_wiesenthal
I just saw the same report on CNN.
Mr. Weisenthal dedicated his life to an important duty, bringing Nazis to justice. He will be missed.
Godspeed Mr. Weisenthal. 
A great, great man.
What a loss for the world.
I read The Sunflower: on the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness for my Seminar on the Holocaust I had several years ago. Excellent book and I recommend it for everyone.
Man, this is sad news.
He lived a long life, doing what he felt mattered. It did matter. Mr. Weisenthal, you did good.
One of the rare privledges I’ve felt I had in my life was sitting in on the trial of one of the war criminals that was in israel about two decades ago. Until the moment of seeing it, I never really saw the holochaust as something -real-. My grandfather managed to get out of poland right before the take-over, and he joined the army (under an assumed identity) when he got to the US. I had no connection until I was at the trial, listening to testimony.
It was only an afternoon, but afterwords it all came crashing down on me as to how real and horrific it all was.
I can’t imagine not only surviving this, but having the fortitude to face it day after day. I can, however, certainly understand the need for justice.
Wiesenthal helped bring 1,100 Nazis to justice. They killed 89 of his relatives.
That is of course a drop in the bucket in terms of the Holocaust and the overall war.
But on a personal level, and if I may be permitted to use a sporting metaphor out of respect and admiration, a score of 1,100 to 89 is a total and complete ass-kicking.
Sailboat
He was a hero in the truest sense of the word, and made the world a better place by fighting evil in it. He will be missed.