Am quite ignorant of this man's work, but at least recognized the name. A sweet tribute noted at http://www.neo.com/
Seems that he was a Teacher, thus quite beyond ... even a Zen-grade coder.
So for many of you, this might be an equivalent (for me) of hearing that Sergei Nakariakov had been crushed in a VW-Beetle somewhere :-/

Condolences.. so young; maybe took less care of body than, mind(?) as one responder opined. He looked older..
Startled.. to see this entry in the links above; poster's Icon is from a Vincent! (petrol tank) Synchronicity yada

paulpw commented on d28fac7 February 20, 2014

Oh all the money that e'er I had, I spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done, alas, it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit to memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass, good night and joy be with you all

Oh all the comrades that e'er you've had, they are sorry for your going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er you've had, they would wish you one more day to stay
But since it falls unto your lot that you should rise and we should not
You'll gently rise and you'll softly call good night and joy be with you all

Bye Jim