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Maybe the eds or someone already have something planned for the anniversary of MDC's death, or maybe the Coronavirus pandemic has overshadowed everything. I checked the subs queue and didn't see anything about MDC.
I'm sorry I don't have anything proper to submit, just a link to last year's article:
Michael David Crawford Passes Away.
His wish was not to be forgotten to be remembered through his works.
FWIW, I'm not the same AC who submitted that one; just a long-time /. & SN reader who was sincerely saddened by the news of MDC's death.
[Ed. addition follows. --martyb]
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Many years ago I came upon a definition that I believe embodies how MDC lived his life: "Honest is the absence of the intent to deceive." He set a very high bar that, though I try, do not know that I will be able to maintain the openness that I saw him exhibit.
Lastly, I find it timely that a fortune I saw on our site this morning seems apropos to his life:
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
He may not have been faultless (who is?), but I am sure he would have no fears about what might be revealed by selling "the family parrot."
Previously:
Meta: Site News: Holiday Weekend, Staffing, Outage, Finances, Submissions, and Moderations
'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient's bill goes viral
MDC Fortunes
Michael David Crawford Passes Away
Depression Strongly Correlated with Taking Three or More Common Drugs Simultaneously
(Score: 3, Informative) by bzipitidoo on Thursday March 26 2020, @02:54AM (2 children)
My parents passed a few months on either side of MDC. Barring untimely passings, eventually everyone has to deal with that loss. Just today, I cancelled another of their magazine subscriptions that had automatically renewed. Been keeping their credit card account open, to tidy up these things. I also engaged in the exercise of stopping all the semi-spammy messages that were delivered to their email accounts. Tough to do. Like turning off a leaky faucet. We've also been keeping one bank account open, to handle their last year of federal income tax. I don't like it, but it's easier than trying to change a whole bunch of numbers around, and worrying that the IRS will screw it up.
We hate losing people so much that we are very bad at saying goodbye. Ought to have better processes for winding down a person's life. Very disjointed, the way things are now. Also mercenary, the way so many businesses push so hard for the annual or monthly revenue stream with automatic renewal types of agreements, and every one of them has to be personally told to stop.
I wish all 3 of them were still with us.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 26 2020, @07:50AM
That is why I usually tell people to close all the deceased credit cards and stop autopays they don't need at banks. People like to get paid so they will find you, which makes it easier to tell them someone is dead before too big of a bill ramps up. If you have halfway decent accounting, it won't make a difference in the final distribution and many people find it easier in the end. Plus, having a good probate attorney helps, since they often have a list of common debtors or interested parties you may not think about.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @11:29AM
It is too easy for some. There have been people declared dead who have spent a long time trying to be recognized as being alive again.