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-====== Memorial ======+====== In Memoriam ======
 This page is for the remembrance of pioneering and influential people in the BBS community that have passed on((so called "silent keys" in the Amateur Radio world)). This page is for the remembrance of pioneering and influential people in the BBS community that have passed on((so called "silent keys" in the Amateur Radio world)).
  
 ===== Steve Deppe ===== ===== Steve Deppe =====
-[[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fresnobee/obituary.aspx?n=steven-brent-deppe&pid=171858004|Steven Brent Deppe (May 22, 1958 - July 10, 2014)]]+[[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fresnobee/obituary.aspx?n=steven-brent-deppe&pid=171858004|Steven Brent Deppe (May 22, 1958 - July 10, 2014)]] A.K.A. [[person:Ille Homine Albe]]
  
 Early contributor to Synchronet BBS Software and mentor to [[person: Digital Man]]. Early contributor to Synchronet BBS Software and mentor to [[person: Digital Man]].
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-A.K.A. [[person:Ille Homine Albe]] 
  
 ===== Chuck Forsberg ===== ===== Chuck Forsberg =====
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 [[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orangecounty/obituary.aspx?pid=193404947|1954 - 2019]] [[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orangecounty/obituary.aspx?pid=193404947|1954 - 2019]]
  
-Developer of [[https://www.gapbbs.com|GAP BBS Software]].+Developer of [[https://www.gapbbs.com|GAP BBS Software]] and the [[ref:DOOR.SYS]] file format. 
 + 
 +===== Marion "Jack" Rickard ===== 
 +[[https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/mo/cape-girardeau/marion-jack-rickard-11373892|July 24, 1955 - August 31, 2020]] 
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 +Publisher of [[wp>Boardwatch Magazine]] and co-creator of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZndB0vwavkM|ONE BBSCON]]. 
 + 
 +===== Randy Suess ===== 
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 +Randy John Suess (January 27, 1945 - December 10, 2019) 
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 +[[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/technology/randy-suess-dead.html|Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, Dies at 74]] 
 + 
 +===== Wynn Wagner III  ===== 
 +Winfield "Wynn" Wagner, A.K.A. [[http://www.rikwallin.com/|Sven Andréas Wallin]] (January 18, 1951 - May 23, 2018) 
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 +Original developer of [[http://www.thefullwiki.org/Opus-CBCS|Opus-CBCS]] and contributor to important BBS standards, like FOSSIL ([[http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/DOS/OPUS/opushist.html|history]]). 
 + 
 +===== Mike Woltz ===== 
 +Michael David Woltz DECEMBER 22, 1945 – DECEMBER 20, 2022 
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 +Author of [[wp>Spitfire_(BBS) Software]] 
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 +https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/west-des-moines-ia/michael-woltz-11072625 
 + 
 +===== Ward Christensen ===== 
 +Ward Christensen (October 23, 1945 – October 11, 2024) was the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online.
  
 +===== Janis Kracht =====
 +Long time Fidonet sysop and past Z1C passed away on October 21, 2024 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:history:|history index]]   * [[:history:|history index]]

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