John Vlissides
I just got the sad news that John Vlissides, one of the four authors of Design Patterns, passed away early Thursday morning.
Edited to add on Monday, 28 November: John died at home,
surrounded by his family. He had a brain tumor. He served as general
chair of OOPSLA 2004 while undergoing chemotherapy. I know that I'm not alone in saying that he will be sorely missed.
