John Helmsley - Passed Away

[rawr]

My condolences to his family. I always enjoyed his posts and info too. He will be missed.

[shejinx]

I am relatively new to all of this but I greatly appreiciated his help and others that he inspired to share knowledge. My thoughts go to his family and I hope that his memory lives on in the legacy that he has helped to create in howard forum and beyond.

[DzGotGame]

My condolences to his family and friends

[Norm DePlume]

Mods - please sticky this thread, if that's ok.

[some-gei]

Truly tragic. I remember his great contributions from back in the alt.cellular.clearnet days. He will be missed.

[TheWirelessGod]

Very sad indeed......

[Amphora]

Holy, terrible news

Helmsley was one of the good guys, and seemed to always have the strait goods!
RIP

[H0CKEY]

its a crazy world.......sorry too read

[HC - NO "i"]

Truly tragic. I remember his great contributions from back in the alt.cellular.clearnet days. He will be missed.

some-gei,

Yes, that was where I first met him in the USENET newsgroup in the late '90s. And, I was among the few who has figured out the real ID of John Helmsley. Since then, we become good friends - especially this two years as I have spent more time in Toronto than in Vancouver. He was one of the guys I hanging with.

[HC - NO "i"]

My deepest sympathy and condolences goes out to his family

Rest In Peace

By the way....was it the incident @ the Leafs vs Pens game?

Beckham23,

No, it was a heart attack during his own game (he played hockey twice a week).

[rip]

Not to seem insensitive but can someone sticky this thread?

Helmsley was a great asset to not only the community but right here in the Telus forum where he faced all white vans head-on.

Once again, this is very sad news but within the community, Helmsley was a respected individual too all that knew him personally and communally.

may he R.I.P

[HC - NO "i"]

I am another poster that may not have known Helmsley personally, but feel that I've just lost a buddy. His sense of humour will be sorely missed in this forum.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

Norm DePlume,

Yes, especially his sarcastic jokes Sometimes he thought that he was serious with his poker face.

[HC - NO "i"]

My sincere and heartful condolences to family and friends of Barry.

Very good guy, who'll deeply be missed. It's very unreal to hear this sad news.

Nokia 6188,

Unreal, isn't it? I thought that I have heard it wrong when his wife cried and told me about the loss of Barry. I wish I can be there in Canada right now... I am just too far away and too long to be back.

[QPhone]

My condolences to his family and friends as well...It's sad to hear that he had a heart attack while playing hockey... as I too also play roughly 3 days a week. I will surely miss his info and presence along with his no fear of "THE WHITE VAN".

[5STar]

I just took a few minutes to read his older posts and thought, wow this guy knew alot for a very long time.

Too bad it takes a tragedy to force us to think about how great people are.

Here's to Helmsley