[Leica] Sad news

[phongdoan at gmail.com (Phong)]

So sorry to hear this.  I enjoyed Martin's posts very much; he was the
life at any party.
Still remember the great time at B.D.'s party with Martin's several years 
ago.

Will send photos to you, Kyle.

- Phong

On 10/2/09, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
> It is with great sadness and disbelief that I have learned of the passing 
> of
> Lugger Martin Howard who died suddenly while on a business trip to Sau
> Paulo, Brazil. There are no further details on the circumstances at this
> time.
>
> Many of you who have been on the LUG for a while remember Martin's 
> exquisite
> photo narrative of buying a gigantic mid 70's Lincoln Continental, which he
> dubbed "Eric The Red" (or "the longboat") and then driving across America 
> in
> it visiting Leica owners. Martin, I believe, hailed from England, but lived
> in Sweden and, it seems, called the world his home. He was a smiling 
> fixture
> at many lug gatherings.
>
> His travel diary is still on line: http://www.tamigori.com/travel/etr.html
>
> I remember specifically Martin writing a "bot" (short for roBOT) for the
> Leica IRC chat channel where he was a frequent participant
> (lugirc.availabledari.com #leica) His bot, dubbed "Leica Bob" pretended to
> be a very obnoxious Leica owner. It would react to words that people posted
> ("Noctilux" and "Tilly" being two that come to mind) and retort with ...
> fabulous hilarity and witty insults -- leaving many an unsuspecting Leica
> Owner baffled as to just who "Leica Bob" was and why he hated Nikon's so
> much. I actually remember laughing so hard it was difficult to breathe
> sometimes when Leica Bob would pipe up from nowhere and join a 
> conversation.
>
> If you have any photos of Martin, it would be nice to gather them up and
> send them to his family. Also, I recommend that remembrances & anecdotes be
> posted here and can be forwarded along at a later date. He was much loved
> and I'm sure it will be of some consolation to his family to know just how
> much.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/kididdoc/image/28496219
>
> Kyle
>
>
>
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