There is a member of FSU with the same nickname. Is that the same person? :no:
Yes, it's him. He was an active poster both here and on FSU.
Rest in peace, Ziggy, you will be missed. Condolences to his loved ones.
OMG Noooooo. I actually knew him, then. I can't believe it, I'm really sad. What happened? We just exchanged some comments with each other a week ago.
I know, we were exchanging messages recently enough and his last post was quite recent and there seemed to be no sign of him being close to death (few would knowingly spend some of their last moments on an internet forum) and now he's gone. I agree that it's strange how much this affects me considering I didn't know him personally, but from the messages we exchanged I really liked him....Im going to miss him a lot.
It is, isn't it? I mean it's like a double loss, somehow.
You "know" the person but you don't actually know him/her, and feels like a missing opportunity.
I had a very good friend in an italian forum, but we never meat actually. She died so young and I felt terrible. I was like "I haven't met her yet. It can't be true,". :no:
I don't know if I'm making any sense here, but that's how I felt.
It makes perfect sense. You're missing both what you knew of the person and the opportunity to know them on a deeper/more real level. Knowing someone only by internet is a baffling experience as it is without throwing the loss of death into the mix. Im just grateful I got to know such an interesting, learned and funny person on any level, despite the feelings of loss at having never gotten to know him better.