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I date way back to the Behaviour days as well. It's mostly all a blur now though.
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I'm pretty sure Jay is no longer living. His profile here includes his birthdate, his ICQ number, and his location of Los Angeles. I looked up his ICQ profile, and it lists his name as John Webb. According to Social Security records (search page—can't link to results), John C. Webb of Los Angeles County, birthdate the same as Jay's, died October 7. Of course, it could be a different guy, but I think that's unlikely.
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*bows head in silence*
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quote:WEBB, John Died October 7, 2007 in the comfort of his home after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Beloved husband of Deborah Horowitz Webb and adoring father of Lyla Rose, loving uncle to Tilly and Jasper. Son of Linda and Chester Webb, brother of Jeff. Son-in-law to Leslie and David Horowitz, brother-in-law to Janna and Bill Sandmeyer. Services will be held Wednesday, October 10, at 1 p.m., at Oakwood Cemetery, 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311.
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Shit. That's Jay all right. My God, his daughter's only three months older than Lula (who was three two days ago). I really hope Lyla Rose remembers her dad. . .
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Maybe if someone in or near LA could get contact details from the funeral home, we could make contributions to a PayPal account and then send something?
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I posted in the memorial thread. Very sad news indeed.
I didn't want to have this bit in the memorial thread - so I thought I'd put it here:
I'm not trying to be crass or anything but does anyone know how he came about his online name? I remember watching "Q-Less" [DS9] one day and noticed that one of the aliens bidding in Quark's auction of Delta Quadrant artifacts was called "Rul the Obscure". Is this where he got it from? I guess I can't ask him now.
Also, I edited down my post in the memorial thread. I didn't want it to be too wordy. Or nonsensicle. I hope it sounds ok.
I'm sorry that my querying brought this all up. It's sad to hear of his death but it's also nice to have some closure too. I'm sure I wasn't the only one wondering.
A lot of us have been around this board (and it's previous incarnations) for nigh on 12 years now. That's a long time in the real world, and even longer on-line.
Rest In Peace, Jay.
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Cool, but they will probably have to pass along the message, privacy and all.
It is too bad that we found out so late, I mean, damn, they are still in a state of mourning big time, but, we shouldn't wait any longer, reopening this hurt later won't help either.
It seems we are damned if we do it now or later.
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Looked at that way, there'd be a strong case for doing nothing at all. I doubt in their grief his family were saying "You'd have thought all the people he chatted to on the internet would have got in touch." If something were to happen to me, would my wife do anything about my online presence? I doubt it. Would she - or anyone - then be comforted by receiving something from a bunch of weirdo Trekkies three months later? I couldn't say.
Obit doesn't mention burial or cremation, perhaps we could just leave some flowers with a note. Oh, I don't know!
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