Non-paywalled obit (heavy on ads unfortunately, quite a bit of detail though): https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/07/friends-remember-microsoft-renegade-eric-engs

Non-paywalled obit (heavy on ads unfortunately, quite a bit of detail though): https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/07/friends-remember-microsoft-renegade-eric-engstrom-who-suggested-a-directx-console/ https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/07/friends-remember-microsof... Engstrom was happiest working in his lab. His death came from medical complications related to an accident in the lab, after he dropped a monitor on his foot. His friend, St. John, managed to get permission to visit Engstrom and deliver some blood collection kit vials to him so he could extract his blood and DNA for cryogenic cold storage. “We’re going to get a full genetic sequence of Eric’s DNA,” St. John said. “Eric’s going to live on forever.” St. John played Viking music at the end of the service.