Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/02
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On Oct 2, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Kyle Cassidy 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.
oh my....
I am so sorry...
such is the way life is....
and here is another image of Martin from the gallery....
http://www.pbase.com/kididdoc/image/23134187
Steve
>
> 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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