Sad news

Sad news indeed.
My condolences to you sidewinder and to all BJs family.

signed: one of the many thousands who have been priveledged enough to have been touched by BJ's on-line presence.

BJ will be missed by all for sure. I will miss the big icon on all his messages.

This site is the best and BJ was a major factor in that. God bless his soul, and remember that he is up there looking down on all of us and saying (thank God Vista just now came out)

Cheers to all and we will miss BJ deeply.


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I know that most may not know me here, I have had my account for some time, but never was never active here.

I give credit to BJ and VDR for the birth of Amazingtechs.

I just want to send my condolences to BJ, his family, friends, and all the great people he has served on these forums, I know he will be missed. :(

Just heard the sad news elsewhere.
I can't imagine a VDR without BJ.
He's been a part of this place since near the beginning. We went thru a lot since then and he was really a big cog in this forum even before he was Admin.
He was a good friend to me (and many, many more).
Many of VDR alumni are spread around the net as LJ mentioned, and I believe all would call him a friend.

My best wishes to everyone at this sad time.

When I opened this thread I coundn't believe what I was reading. He was such a major part of The VirtualDR website. God, he'll be missed by so many. My Condolences to his family. RIP Big John.

I echo the sentiments of all who have posted. Big John was a great guy who was liked and respected by all at VDr. He will be sorely missed.

My sincere condolences to you and all the family, Sidewinder.

News came to me over at techguy.org where I hang out these days -- by way of Ghouldini.

I haven't been posting here -- but I certainly remember Big John fondly and like others am very saddened by the news.

My condolences to all his relatives and good friends -- of which he had many.

It's been 12 hours since I heard the news and it still hasn't sunk in. Thanks BJ for including me in this great site. My thoughts are with you SW and your family.

Me too, crunch, it just seems like it can't be real.

BIG JOHN, Thank You.

I am a better person because of you.

Your wise, caring and gentle guidance will never be forgotten.

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Rest In Peace My Friend.

I just got an Email about this. My sympathy goes to his family.

I never met him either, but always got along great with him over the past 7 years. He will truly be missed.

I haven't been to this board in a few years, but like so many others that posted before me, this is where it all started. We all became "friends" over the years, or as close to friends as Internet Forum users can possibly become. I'm just sorry that it took a tragic event like this to pull us all together again in one place.

BJ was a hell of a guy and we will all miss him. :(

I'll always be thankful to BJ for the internet friendship. We had many, many good exchanges. I finding this hard to take in.....just won't be the same without him. He will be sorely missed. RIP my friend.

When I came into this job, BJ was 1 of those people who made it so easy for me to transition, that I wasn't even aware I was going through one. THere is no replacing him, so I'm not going to try.

Wow, what a tribute to Big John that friends from all over the internet are dropping in to offer their condolences. BJ was a wonderful man and will be missed by all who knew him.

Rest in peace, BJ. (((hug)))