RIP Hugh Daniel, Hacker

[beamjockey]

Hugh Daniel has passed away. He was a good friend for more than three decades

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[wyld_dandelyon]

Oh, no! What happened?

[beamjockey]

We don't yet know. His housemate found him.

One of his friends said he exchanged messages with Hugh about 6:30 Monday morning, at which point he said he was going off to sleep. As you may know, Hugh often kept irregular hours, so an early-morning bedtime wouldn't be too unusual.

I imagine we'll hear more eventually.

[andybeals]

"Heart attack" is what's floating about.

[figmo]

I heard that, too. Steven Silver posted that on sfsite.com. I don't know what his source was, though.

I'm still in shock. Like you and Bill, I knew him for over 30 years.

[bibliofile]

Well, as one guy said, one of the common symptoms of a heart attack is death. It'd take a LOT to keep Hugh down and quiet, for sure.