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Zain Nadella, Satya Nadella's son, dies at 26
- lukewrites 5y agoDeepest sympathy for the Nadella family as they grieve the loss of their son.
- nojonestownpls 5y agoMy heart goes out to the Nadella family. I would suggest either of these two as a better link for this: https://www.ibtimes.com/zain-nadella-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadellas-son-dies-26-3418278 https://www.ibtimes.com/zain-nadella-microsoft-ceo-satya-nad... https://www.geekwire.com/2022/zain-nadella-1996-2022-microsoft-ceos-son-remembered-for-love-of-music-bright-smile-profound-impact-on-his-dad/ https://www.geekwire.com/2022/zain-nadella-1996-2022-microso... The Yahoo! article is both lazily written and lazily edited ("Microsoft says ..." is an unnecessary and unfortunate title prefix, for news of this kind.)
- dang 5y agoOk, changed from https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-says-son-ceo-satya-051821797.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-says-son-ceo-satya-.... Thanks.
- spoonjim 5y agoSatya shared some information about Zain’s story about 5 years ago: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moment-forever-changed-our-lives-satya-nadella https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moment-forever-changed-our-li...
- pjbeam 5y agoOne of my biggest hopes is to be survived by all of my children. I can't imagine what it's like to bury your child. All the best to the Nadellas :/
- crescentfresh 5y ago> One of my biggest hopes Nice way to flip "my greatest fear"
- myth_drannon 5y agoBecause it is so traumatic, many languages don't have a word for a parent who lost a child. You have Orphans, Widows...
- stocknoob 5y agoI think, unfortunately, it was so common as to not be notable. People had way more kids, and there was much more infant mortality. Still tragic of course.
- mmcdermott 5y ago> I think, unfortunately, it was so common as to not be notable. People had way more kids, and there was much more infant mortality. Still tragic of course. More common, perhaps, but I'm not so sure about the not notable part. There are plenty of examples of great grief surrounding the loss of a child. An example that comes to mind from my recent reading is Dostoevsky and "The Brothers Karamazov." The author was experiencing grief from the loss of a 3 year old son and the book rings with it. However much the past is a different country, it is still populated by humans, same as any today.
- syrrim 5y agoThe lack of word suggests the opposite, that it was extremely common. Indeed, historically, nearly everyone would have lost a young child, and many people would have lost an older child.
- pizza 5y agoThe lack of words suggests the opposite of the opposite: because it was so common (at a societal level), it was so traumatic (at a societal level). So maybe the lack of word suggests it was so traumatic.
- hemloc_io 5y agoHaving had to deal with this personally it's on of the hardest things to go through. Best wishes to them and their family. :(
- polysaturate 5y agoHonest question...what specifically about Cerebral palsy would cause death at an early age (27 is early to die in modern times, IMHO)?
- myth_drannon 5y agoToo many to list. But by the photos of it looks like it was severe, when the body is not able to move you get all kinds of chronic diseases. I think I read somewhere that pneumonia is number one because of the difficulty of eating and drinking and the food or liquids constantly get into the lungs.
- chemeng 5y agoDepends on the severity of the condition, but if swallow is affected I believe aspiration, pneumonia, choking, are causes of premature death for CP.
- johntiger1 5y agoit sucks but when the underlying condition is so severe, something trivial/mundane and preventable in a healthy person is usually cause of death
- HideousKojima 5y agoCan't speak to palsy but I had a friend with muscular dystrophy who passed in his late 20's. He couldn't swallow his own spit, and every 10 minutes or so I (or his attending nurse, or whoever he was spending time with) would need to help him drain it. He had the same sort of little vacuum that your dentist uses to get water out of your mouth during a cleaning or filling. I moved out of my hometown a few years before he passed so I don't know all the details, but I'm pretty sure his death had to do with respitory issues caused by his weakened muscles.
- trhway 5y agospeaking as total layman wrt. medicine, i wonder whether it is possible to at least improve the condition a bit by implanting electrodes and triggering the needed muscle(s) similar to say pacemakers.
- jimbob45 5y agoIt seems like the unspoken implication is that the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby's neck, resulting in in-utero asphyxiation? However, the baby was born weighing only three pounds, which would seem to signify something else wrong prior to the asphyxiation, no?
- myth_drannon 5y agoMarch is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.
- tombert 5y agoI'm really lucky to where most of the people that I care a lot about are still alive, but I realize that that's a finite luxury. Sooner or later either I or one of those people are going to die, and it's going to be sad. I think I'm gonna call my mom.
- rootusrootus 5y agoMuch of my adult life was the same way. We used to talk about how great our family had it -- we went for decades without losing anyone close. We knew eventually our turn would come, but I treasured the time we did have. But come it did, about 7 years ago. Since then I've lost two brothers, my dad, my grandparents, and my best friend. The trite "fuck cancer" statement comes to mind regularly. Another friend of mine has cancer, my mom has terminal cancer, my stepmother has cancer... > I think I'm gonna call my mom. Always a good plan, I highly recommend it. I think I will do the same. Treasure your loved ones, even when times are good it can change suddenly.
- adamredwoods 5y agoI've also lost several loved ones from cancer. Stopping the metastatic progression is key to survival, but wow do cancerous cells ever know how to survive. We need to win this.
- wnolens 5y agoThe same has happened to me. It's been almost every 1-2 years for the past 10 that I experience another great loss. Most recently was my mother. That one was/still is tough.
- subsubzero 5y agoI was in the same boat. Never experienced a death in my family until my Grandmother died in '18, then my Brother dies a few months later, then my Grandfather in '19 and then an Aunt in 2019 and a uncle in 2020. Needless to say its been very rough and made me realize life is incredibly fragile and enjoy every minute of your time on this planet.
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- kizer 5y agoWow. I'm so, so sorry for Satya and his family. Zain seems like he was a beautiful person. What an absolute titan of a father, who not only has achieved incredible success, but who also made sure to share proudly with the world of technology all the lessons he learned about accessibility from Zain and the perspective of the disabled. Zain and Satya, you've made such an impact. God bless you.
- gigatexal 5y agoCondolences to the Nadellas
- hit8run 5y agoThis is so sad... Love to everyone that has lost someone.
- rubyist5eva 5y agoThis is just heart wrenching, no parent should ever have to bury their children.
- pnathan 5y agoCondolences to Mr. Nadella & family. When my son was born, he had experienced symmetric intra-uterine growth restriction; something that seems like Zain Nadella experienced as well. It was clear looking at the photos in the NICU and meeting different parents, that some things come for us all, rich and poor.
- agumonkey 5y agocourage to him and his family
- hrvach 5y agoThere is nothing in this world more difficult and heartbreaking than losing a child and I pray to God nobody has to go through this. Deepest sympathies for the entire family.
- fghorow 5y agoAs the Dad of a preemie, our only child who died at age 25, my heart goes out to the Nadella family. It would not surprise me in the least if Nadella steps down as CEO sooner rather than later. The trauma is that large.
- throwaway5752 5y agoDeepest condolences to the Nadella family. Their love for their son and his memory are a blessing. If you have been exposed to software accessibility, you know how challenging technology can be for people with even minor disabilities. Zain's father's love and dedication has had a profound impact improving the lives of many others.
- wanderingmind 5y agoSometimes when I complain about small aspects of my comfortable life, I need to look around and see people like Satya, who was able to not just juggle but be extraordinary in both his personal and professional lives. I just cant imagine how he did it. A true inspiration.
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- schnevets 5y ago> Satya, who took over the role of CEO in 2014, had been working on designing products to better serve users with disabilities. He said he had been using lessons he learned while raising and supporting Zain. Within the video games space, Microsoft and Sony have had an intriguing "arms race" related to accessibility across their platform. I can only assume Zain's condition was a motivating factor for Nadella.
- Exmoor 5y agoI worked at Microsoft as a vendor for more than a decade working with physical infrastructure and services Microsoft employees used. I can say that there was a complete sea-change regarding accessibility shortly after Satya took over as CEO. Prior to that accessibility drove me absolutely nuts. Not because I didn't think it was necessary or important, but because all of the accessibility initiatives seemed like little more than lip service. You made some arbitrary changes with no thought whatsoever to actual usability, updated your Power Point presentation to say "Accessibility" a few times, and you were done. After he took over everything changed and people actually spent time figuring out how to make human interfaces that could actually work for all employees with usability in mind. It was no longer simply a box to tick, but was actually more of an opportunity to innovate. Very sad to hear about Zain's death, but I can say that with his life he absolutely made a meaningful, positive change for a lot of people.
- 094459 5y agoSo sad, it’s always heartbreaking when you loose a child. My deepest condolences
- actually_a_dog 5y agoThis is very sad, of course, but it shouldn't be national news. Let the family grieve privately.
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- sakoht 5y agoVery dad. Hope his family is as well as can be.
- cols 5y agoSincere condolences to the Nadella family. It’s my understanding that Zain has two sisters Divya and Tara, my heart goes out to them especially. Siblings are often the forgotten mourners.
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- bgm1975 5y agoIt’s sad to think about but I feel like one of my greatest accomplishments in life is outliving my parents. I couldn’t fathom the grief they’d have gone through had they had to witness or otherwise deal with my death.
- diogenescynic 5y agoAs a parent, I can imagine no greater loss than losing a child.
- tehlike 5y agoMay God give deaths in natural order, and may he never test a parent with the loss of their child.
- jmyeet 5y agoHaving children is such a crap shoot. Cerebral palsy is one of those conditions where you don't seem to get any warning that it's going to happen and if it's severe enough, your life is now round-the-clock care for someone who will die incredibly young (but still take years, usually), never be able to live independently and arguably has no quality-of-life at all. And that becomes your life. At least the Nadyellas are fortunate enough such that they have the means for this to have not been a totally consuming. This is of course a tragedy still. This is a burden they've had for years. My condolences. Truly. It's so tragic that some people can just be born with horrible disabilities where they or their carers can never again have a normal life.
- jackcosgrove 5y agoI'm surprised and saddened to hear this. The best managers I've had, have had children with long-term illnesses. I think such a misfortune humanizes people in positions of power.
- MauroIksem 5y agoWhy is this news? It's sad for him but why is child's life more important than another?
- thehappypm 5y agoA major tech CEO having a family crisis is interesting and relevant
- qq66 5y agoIt's (sad) celebrity news for the people who frequent this website.
- eointierney 5y agoThere's a lot of wisdom and love in this thread and it makes me very happy. My deepest condolences to all who lose a loved one, and to parents who lose children only more love. Satya and family, I mourn with you
- sleightofmind 5y agoI love seeing the awareness, gratefulness, and empathy in this page of comments. Bless you all and the Nadellas.
- CryptoPunk 5y agoNo one deserves. Humanity should strive to abolish the scourge of disease and death. I hope Microsoft is able to contribute to efforts to utilize machine learning to create novel gene therapies for these kinds of congenital disorders.
- CryptoPunk 5y ago*deserves this
- surajs 5y agoCannot imagine what it is like to lose an offspring, my condolences to the Nadellas.
- jpgvm 5y agoRIP mate. Deepest condolences for the Nadellas in this time of grief. Reading Satya's book it was apparent how much he loved his son. I hope the trauma of losing him doesn't mean his tenure at MS is over. He has done great things for disabled people all around the world through improving accessibility on Xbox and Windows. Something as simple as being able to play games because of the initiatives he put in place make the world of difference.
- ecmascript 5y agoVery sad. I wish the best to the Nadella family. Props to him putting focus on people with disabilities to make Windows and other applications easier to use. Many programmers like myself without any disabilities often can forget that many people suffer from different disabilities so making apps and websites easier to use is important. I will try to improve all the usability of the stuff I work on going forward.
- xiaodai 5y agoYou'd think a billionaire CEO has it all. Commiserations. I would trade $1b anyday for the health of my kids. So sorry to hear this.