I attended one of Donald Knuth's lectures many years ago (2001, I believe) and if my memory serves me right he mentioned that several of his colleagues died tha

I attended one of Donald Knuth's lectures many years ago (2001, I believe) and if my memory serves me right he mentioned that several of his colleagues died that year and he was musing that it might be a good year to die for him as well. I'm happy he is still with us.