The fact that you did not know about his existence does not change his impact on music and culture or undermines his significance. There are a lot of people tha

The fact that you did not know about his existence does not change his impact on music and culture or undermines his significance. There are a lot of people that you do not know that had huge impact on different aspects of culture. >>Nor do I see a hacker theme. I am not sure who defines what is "hacker theme" and what is not. Number of up-votes shows that people on HN want to see this topic here. If person of huge cultural significance dies, that impacts all subcultures, including "hackers".