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Subject: Re: Jacob Sparre Andersen
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On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 5:47:57 AM UTC-6, 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...
> 

My condolences to his family and friends.  I only briefly had a chance to work with him and I very much enjoyed the opportunity to do so.

Patrick