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iFix Rene Passes Away
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Sep 26, 2003, 06:56 PM
 
Our good friend, iFix Rene, has passed away. he was particularly active on the Mac OS X forums.

I got this message from his sister today ;-(

Dear people,

I am Marianne, the sister from Rene, you all familiar,
I am sorry to tell you that my dear brother, Rene
has passed away last wednesday due to a hartattack.
I understand your shoc and unbelief, we, his close family felt the same way !
monday the 29th of september Rene would have turned 37 years young

Those who want or are able to say goodbye in person, can visit him on
mondaynight 29th of september from 19.30 till 20.00 at the following adress
Uitvaartcentrum 'de Associatie'
Purmerweg 31
Purmerend
The funeral takes place tuesday 30th september at 14.30 at the following adress
Algemene begraafplaats
Purmerweg
Purmerend (30 minutes from Amsterdam)

I am sorry I had to be the messenger of such sad news........

with kind regards, Marianne Mollema and family
if you have questions, the family will be avialable at littlestar@mac.com

He was a caring and great guy. He will be missed very much.

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Sep 26, 2003, 07:11 PM
 
sorry for your loss...and ours!

     
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Sep 26, 2003, 07:22 PM
 
wow, this feels SO weird for some reason.
very sad.
     
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Sep 26, 2003, 07:27 PM
 
Poor iFix... a cool guy overall

iFix, i'll miss you!



And I hope people will start working out, cause having an heart attack at 36 isn't normal!
     
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Sep 26, 2003, 07:44 PM
 
He was just posting on 7B74 the other day too... I am glad I took the time to have some nice conversations with him and be a nice guy... you never know.
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Sep 26, 2003, 08:17 PM
 
I knew him quite well on AIM. Sad to hear hes gone.
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Sep 26, 2003, 08:19 PM
 
Everyone young is dying
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Sep 26, 2003, 08:40 PM
 
I sent the family and email and expressed how sorry I was for their loss.
     
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Sep 26, 2003, 08:53 PM
 
Blessings on his family.

...very sad.
     
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Sep 26, 2003, 09:41 PM
 
Peace.
     
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Sep 27, 2003, 09:13 AM
 
Crap. He emailed me a while ago, in response to a question I asked him. I kept meaning to write back, but kept forgetting. Crap.
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Sep 27, 2003, 10:50 AM
 

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Sep 27, 2003, 01:30 PM
 
My sincere condolances
     
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Sep 27, 2003, 02:07 PM
 
Heart attack at 37?

My condolences to his family and friends.
     
   
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