Re: Jacob Sparre Andersen

[Brad Moore <bmoore.ada@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 7:23:34 PM UTC-7, Dan'l Miller wrote:
> 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

Very sad news indeed. I have had numerous lengthy conversations with him in person at Ada Europe conferences over the years. He will definitely be missed.

Brad