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Subject: Re: Jacob Sparre Andersen
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On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 6:47:57 AM UTC-5, Dirk Craeynest wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Many of you here may know Jacob Sparre Andersen.
> 
> I'm very sad to inform you that after a short but aggressive illness,
> Jacob died yesterday...
> 
> He was a frequent contributor to comp.lang.ada and various other
> Ada-related forums.  Over the past decade, he presented and helped
> at FOSDEM's Ada Developer Rooms, at Ada-Europe conferences, and many
> other events.  Since several years he was News Editor for Ada-Europe's
> Ada User Journal.
> 
> I will remember Jacob as a kind and very helpful guy, always ready
> to step in to help, and to explain issues important to him.
> 
> He will be sorely missed...
> 
> Dirk
> Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.be (for Ada-Belgium/Ada-Europe/SIGAda/WG9)

a few more details (which illness, location & date of funeral) over at:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/Jacob$20Sparre$20Andersen%7Csort:date/rec.toys.lego/uYWnRc5jbBs/nfWTEgDKBQAJ