i didn't know him. RIP tho.
As i've mentioned my daughter knows where to find my password book and what sites/people should be notified. Tho if i had warning like one friend did i might say some goodbyes. In the last couple of years two friends of my youth in 3D world died. In one case his children posted on his FB page, in the other because she knew she was terminal she said some private goodbyes and a close friend kept us posted on FB (strokes were claiming her ability to say what she was thinking). i had known both of them since before i was 21, had some time out of contact but the internet reconnected us. i have a handful of longtime cyberfriends whose deaths i would feel as deeply i did those of these two old friends.
So my heart goes out to anyone who felt close to Lon.