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Has there been any confirmation that Near actually died? From what I remember the only source was a Twitter account claiming to know them.
by bobsmooth 5y ago
Has there been any confirmation that Near actually died? From what I remember the only source was a Twitter account claiming to know them.
- Firehawke 5y agoYes. Multiple people who knew him have confirmed it a long time ago.
- scandinavian 5y agoThere has been nothing official no. marcan42 is the only named source who ever confirmed it I believe.
- sparky_z 5y agoThat's not true. Their employer also confirmed it to a USA Today journalist. https://news.yahoo.com/respected-developer-died-suicide-experts-165758039.html https://news.yahoo.com/respected-developer-died-suicide-expe...
- ttybird2 5y agoPeople are assuming that they did not die because the report of US citizens who died outside of the US did not mention them. IMO this is kind of a weak justification, bureaucratic mistakes are not that uncommon. I that people are missing the point with the whole situation, they important thing is that they were heavily harassed for years, so much that now the free software and emulation communities ended up losing one of their brightest members.