[Info-vax] Terry Shannon - gone 10 years

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In article <44de1$5579c1e7$5ed4324a$30869 at news.ziggo.nl>, Dirk Munk <munk at home.nl> writes:
>VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <d43f1$55797fd3$5ed4324a$14276 at news.ziggo.nl>, Dirk Munk <munk at home.nl> writes:
>>> mcleanjoh at gmail.com wrote:
>>>> I thought we should note that Terry Shannon, who needs no introduction to this groups, died 26 May 2005, which is now 10 years and 2 weeks ago.
>>>>
>>>> Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Shannon_(IT).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for remembering us.
>>>
>>> It doesn't say anywhere why he died at such a young age, do you happen
>>> to know why?
>>
>> I do.  Terry suffered from depression.  Need I say more?
>>
>No, Norm Raphael pointed that out too.
>
>Must have been that Itanium thing then (sorry, black humour).

...more like PTSD from his Vietnam service.
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