# @TriPolar has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863 "2025-10-10T23:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/1 "2025-10-10T23:21:01Z")
I just got word from his family that our poster @TriPolar (Ed) passed away at home on June 22, 2025, which was also the last day he posted here. He was only 69. He left behind a wife and two sons. Ed was a computer programmer, woodworker, tinkerer, cook, restaurateur, and autodidact. I’ll miss his contributions and delightful sense of humor here. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/2 "2025-10-10T23:27:41Z")
I’m so very sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with his family. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/3 "2025-10-10T23:29:39Z")
Oh no. I wondered where he was. He was very prolific then vanished. My heart also goes out to his family. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/4 "2025-10-10T23:34:17Z")
Horrible news. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/5 "2025-10-10T23:39:03Z")
Sorry to hear this. But if I may say, not damn it was one hell of a final post: > [@What was the most interesting \*overlapping\* century in world history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-interesting-overlapping-century-in-world-history/1019974/7): > > I don’t see how there’s any debate about this. The 20th century changed the world more than all previous centuries combined. Perhaps to be surpassed by the 21st century which may end before the world wide collapse of all prior achievements. It’s the end of the world as we know it. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/6 "2025-10-10T23:57:22Z")
I’m very sorry to hear this. My condolences to his family. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/7 "2025-10-10T23:58:43Z")
What sad news. I always enjoyed and respected his posts. My thoughts are with his family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/8 "2025-10-11T00:07:32Z")
He will be sorely missed - clearly a clever fellow with a vast array of interests and a nicely twisted attitude. We’re both Row Dislanders, and repeatedly just missed meeting up IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/9 "2025-10-11T00:14:44Z")
That’s terrible. He was a smart and fine person. Thanks for letting us know. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/10 "2025-10-11T00:15:38Z")
Sad news ☹ He was one of the posters whose posts I fondly looked forward to. He will be missed. Thank you for letting us know. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/11 "2025-10-11T00:25:19Z")
> [@vbob](#): > > He will be sorely missed - clearly a clever fellow with a vast array of interests and a nicely twisted attitude. This. Were the Dope to write a eulogy, this sentence should lead. His last post is the work of a vigorous mind. Suggesting his death was a sudden surprise to all. Damn Ed, you were a fine man cut down too soon. Condolences to your grieving family. If the OP learns more about arrangements, etc., I hope they will share. Trying mightily to find a bright spot in the gloom … At least @Tripler won’t have to deal with any more mistaken identity events. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/12 "2025-10-11T00:27:48Z")
I’m so sorry to learn this news. He will be missed. May he rest in peace. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/13 "2025-10-11T00:32:28Z")
Man, sorry to hear this. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/14 "2025-10-11T00:33:23Z")
This is very sad news. I’m sorry, and my condolences to his friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/15 "2025-10-11T00:34:03Z")
I’m so sorry to read this. He was always an interesting poster, and a constructive one. I never knew him well, and regret not having the chance to do so. 😢 My condolences to those who did. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/16 "2025-10-11T00:44:01Z")
Wow, this is a gut punch. He was one of my favorite posters. > [@needscoffee](#): > > Ed was a computer programmer, woodworker, tinkerer, cook, restaurateur, and autodidact. I’ll miss his contributions and delightful sense of humor here. Nice eulogy, needscoffee. I’m most of those things, to different degrees (but sense of humor definitely in his favor) , so that’s probably why I felt a kinship. RIP Ed. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/17 "2025-10-11T00:46:43Z")
Oh no. I am so sorry to hear this… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/18 "2025-10-11T00:57:08Z")
We exchanged viewpoints in the pro wrestling thread. Sorry to hear of his final match. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/19 "2025-10-11T01:00:10Z")
Really sorry to read this. His name, avatar, and comments were part of being here daily - he will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863/20 "2025-10-11T01:00:25Z")
Sorry to hear it. I enjoyed many of his posts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-has-died/1023863.md?page=2)