Tim May (fwd)

[John Young]

Well, yes, if true. Can't find any verificaion, still looking.


At 12:22 PM 12/15/2018, you wrote:
>Well, shit.
>
>Give ’em hell, Tim, wherever you are.
>
>Cheers,
>RAH
>
>
> > On Dec 15, 2018, at 9:56 AM, Greg Newby <gbnewby at pglaf.org> wrote:
> >
> > Forwarding without attribution from another list I'm on:
> >
> >> Date: 14 Dec 2018 22:27:00
> >> Subject: Tim May
> >>
> >> I am sorry to report that Tim May has passed away, apparently of
> >> natural causes.  I know that Tim was a controversial figure on this
> >> list.  Actually, I can't think of any list or community where Tim was
> >> not a controversial figure!  But, to those of us who were his fans,
> >> Tim was a giant.  My condolences to all of you.
> >
> > I have not seen independent confirmation or 
> an obituary, and his Wikipedia page isn't 
> updated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_C._May
> >
> > Among other things, that page mentions: 
> "Writings on cryptography and privacy: May was 
> a founding member of, and has been one of the 
> most voluminous contributors to, Cypherpunks 
> electronic mailing list. He wrote extensively 
> on cryptography and privacy from the 1990s through 2003."
> >
> >  - gbn
> >