# The passing away of Walloon, longtime valuable poster **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729 "2012-08-17T00:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/21 "2012-08-17T16:10:27Z")
Wow - his last post was 6-1-10 and he died 6-2-10. Active 'til the very end. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/22 "2012-08-17T17:43:48Z")
I’m so sorry to hear this. Whena long time poster disappears, you always hope they’ve lived on to other things. It’s sad to learn that this time, it was not the case. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/23 "2012-08-17T18:16:14Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Wow, that’s sad. Incidentally, the [SSA still won’t commit to bow-tie man being Joshua Twing-Brooks.](https://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/fdrsign.html) Holy Crap! That’s outrageous! Could be the new honcho doesn’t know that the old honch was given this info and dismissed it. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/24 "2012-08-17T19:13:39Z")
Gosh, he was a local and I never knew it! Damn. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/25 "2012-08-17T19:23:53Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Wow, that’s sad. Incidentally, the [SSA still won’t commit to bow-tie man being Joshua Twing-Brooks.](https://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/fdrsign.html) > [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Holy Crap! That’s outrageous! Could be the new honcho doesn’t know that the old honch was given this info and dismissed it. Yeah, that’s what I was trying to help him on. I’ll have to drop over to Pittsburgh(a 2 hr drive for me) this fall and look in papers for pictures. Probably low probability of success, but… I can also continue my “33” research there on Rolling Rock. I’ll solve that one some day. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/26 "2012-08-17T19:25:41Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Gosh, he was a local and I never knew it! Damn. I think he was a rather private poster. No email that you could have searched for. He also was rather cautious to not let on exactly where he was-at least, that’s my memory. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/27 "2012-08-17T20:10:11Z")
I didn’t notice his absence, but now I will miss him. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/28 "2012-08-17T22:44:10Z")
We lost a topnotch ignorance fighter in Walloon. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/29 "2012-08-17T23:13:43Z")
How sad. I just went back to read a few posts; he was an impressive researcher. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/30 "2012-08-17T23:23:38Z")
may his memory be eternal. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/31 "2012-08-19T13:00:53Z")
Geez what a bummer. RIP **Walloon**. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/32 "2012-08-19T13:18:42Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I think he was a rather private poster. No email that you could have searched for. The best researchers are often very private people. No reason, really, except it’s a good calling for someone who’s quiet, careful, and happiest indoors. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/33 "2012-08-22T19:15:40Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > The best researchers are often very private people. No reason, really, except it’s a good calling for someone who’s quiet, careful, and happiest indoors. Indoors, studious, long, inactive hours at a computer. . . pulmonary embolism??? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/34 "2012-08-22T23:02:18Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Indoors, studious, long, inactive hours at a computer. . . pulmonary embolism??? Nah. I’d have died twenty times already if that was the case. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729/35 "2012-08-23T23:30:04Z")
Aaah my. I always enjoyed and respected going head on head with him. He truly knew his cinema stuff. After 2 years, I suspect he’s settled in nicely in his revival house in the sky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729.md?page=1)