What a terrible day indeed, for the Community, but also of course his 
family ...
Reza
On January 15, 2013 at 8:51 AM Nikolay Suslov <nsuslovi at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are no words to express the tragedy that has happened. Grieve 
> deeply with all.
> Andreas was and will be in our memory as unselfish, faithful and not 
> indifferent to everything that he was saying, doing and implementing 
> into life as wizard.
> Squeak, Etoys, Impara.de, Tweak, OpenCroquet, Teleplace, OpenQwaq.. 
> all these work will ever remain inextricably linked to Andreas Raab.
>
> Nikolay
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Ron Teitelbaum <ron at usmedrec.com 
> <mailto:ron at usmedrec.com>> wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     I met Andreas many years ago.  I knew very quickly that Andreas
>     was extremely bright and a very interesting person to know.  The
>     more I found out about him the more we interacted the more I grew
>     to respect him and his talent.  I was lucky enough to get a chance
>     to work with Andreas.  Andreas was a phenomenon.  The work that he
>     created was beautiful.  His method precise, his solutions well
>     thought out and he was able to create with unmatched dexterity and
>     efficiency.  We became good friends.  I was also lucky enough to
>     be meet Andreas in person for the first time at his wedding. 
>     Andreas was a very happy man.  Kathleen was Andreas' perfect match.
>
>     We will miss Andreas terribly not only for his talent, but for how
>     he touched our lives.  We lost a great friend.  The world feels
>     like a much smaller place today.  Our hearts go out to Kathleen,
>     and to the big group of family and friends that loved him so.
>
>     Ron Teitelbaum
>
>     From Alan Kay:
>
>     Dear All
>
>     At lunch today we -- Bert, Aran, Yoshiki and myself -- first got
>     word (via a phone call from Rita to Bert) that Andreas was
>     suddenly in a hospital in serious condition. Then a few minutes
>     later we were told that he had died.
>
>     At this point we have no other information except that he left
>     normally for work this morning.
>
>     Bert will let us know when we have more news.
>
>     We all loved Andreas and nothing can lesson our grief at this
>     sudden tragedy
>
>     Best wishes to all
>
>     Alan
>
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