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"P E Schoen" <paul@pstech-inc.com> wrote in
news:itmrhp$a9p$1@speranza.aioe.org: 

> "David L. Jones"  wrote in message 
> news:Xns9F0A948693377altzonegmailcom@69.16.185.252...
> 
>> Word has just filtered through Twitter that Bob Pease was killed
>> in a car accident.
>> This one by the sounds of it:
>> 
> http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_18310586?
source=rss&nclic..
> . 
> 
>> In a sad twist, it is reported that he was returning from Jim
>> Willam's memorial.
> 
>> A sad week indeed.
> 
>> RIP Bob Pease.
> 
> That is sad news indeed. Perhaps you have more information than was
> given in the link, but in the comments it reveals that the address is
> the Mountain Winery:
> http://www.mountainwinery.com/
> http://events.mercurynews.com/saratoga-ca/venues/show/4467-mountain-
win
> ery 
> 
> Perhaps that was the venue for the memorial. I suppose we will have
> more official news in a day or two. But, my friend's sister, who lives
> in Oakland, was married to a (different) Robert Pease, and he would
> also be about 70. When we visited her in 2003 enroute to Yosemite, I
> drove her car, which was a VW Superbeetle.
> 
> Strange, too, is that I just last week found a couple of old issues of
> Electronics Design and I read some articles by Robert Pease.
> 
> I met Robert Pease several years ago when he gave a seminar at
> Arrowfest. He was quite a character, and I enjoyed the way he
> presented his material. He will be sorely missed (if the rumors of his
> passing have not been greatly exaggerated).

Sadly it's confirmed.
http://electronicdesign.com/Blogs/JoeDespositosBlog/tabid/727/entryid/16
4/Bob-Pease-Killed-in-Car-Crash.aspx
Even Wikipedia is up to date on it.

Dave.