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**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1552>\
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**Created:** [April 28, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1552 "2000-04-28T15:41:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![MHM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@MHM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHM)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1552/1 "2000-04-28T15:41:00Z")

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**Author:** ![MHM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@MHM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHM)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1552/2 "2000-04-28T15:44:00Z")

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**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1552/3 "2000-04-28T20:07:00Z")

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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 14:44:00 -0400  
From: “Handsfield, James H.” \<[jhh0@CDC.GOV](mailto:jhh0@CDC.GOV)\>  
Subject: RIP Phil Katz (off topic)

I just copied this from Dan Rosenbaum’s Winletter:

* * *

Phil Katz

If you ever downloaded a file, you met Phil Katz. Katz wrote the  
shareware  
program PKZip \<[http://www.winzip.com](http://www.winzip.com)\>, far and away the most popular  
file  
compression program. The program, written as a hobby in 1986, was part  
of  
computer technology infrastructure, common as browsers would become.

Katz was found dead the other day at the age of 37. He apparently lived  
a  
troubled life; the Milwaukee medical examiner put the cause of death as  
complications from chronic alcoholism. He was found in a hotel room  
holding a bottle of alcohol, and five empty liquor bottles were also  
found in the  
room.

No commentary here. But his passing, which was under-reported, should be

## noted.

Jim Handsfield  
Statistician  
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  
[mailto:jhandsfield@cdc.gov](mailto:jhandsfield@cdc.gov) OR  
[mailto:jhandsfield@mindspring.com](mailto:jhandsfield@mindspring.com)

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**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1552/4 "2000-04-28T20:09:00Z")

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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 14:44:00 -0400  
From: “Handsfield, James H.” \<[jhh0@CDC.GOV](mailto:jhh0@CDC.GOV)\>  
Subject: RIP Phil Katz (off topic)

I just copied this from Dan Rosenbaum’s Winletter:

* * *

Phil Katz

If you ever downloaded a file, you met Phil Katz. Katz wrote the  
Shareware program PKZip \<[http://www.winzip.com](http://www.winzip.com)\>, far and away the most popular  
File compression program. The program, written as a hobby in 1986, was part  
of computer technology infrastructure, common as browsers would become.

Katz was found dead the other day at the age of 37. He apparently lived  
a troubled life; the Milwaukee medical examiner put the cause of death as  
complications from chronic alcoholism. He was found in a hotel room  
holding a bottle of alcohol, and five empty liquor bottles were also  
found in the room.

## No commentary here. But his passing, which was under-reported, should be noted.

Jim Handsfield  
Statistician  
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  
[mailto:jhandsfield@cdc.gov](mailto:jhandsfield@cdc.gov) OR  
[mailto:jhandsfield@mindspring.com](mailto:jhandsfield@mindspring.com)