That's sad news. He was a great contributor of knowledge to this forum. He was a great person...a friend. His presence here will be missed...it already has been.
Thank you for finding this out for us Mitch. All too often this happens in the online community that people drop out of sight (site?) without and explanation and nobody ever knows what happened.
It is heartening that he was missed not only here, but at several other sites as well.