I met the guy last year at the World Championships in Boston. He was incredibly friendly and cheerful. He chatted with some friends and I for a really long time and clearly had love for the franchise and games. Was really sad to hear this news and disappointed I won't get to run into him again this year. My thoughts are with his family.
Crap, the weather has been really bad around here, wind, rain, and hail, I was in Seattle Sunday(I work there) and it was super windy too... I heard about this on the news..