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Wednesday 16th August, 2006 13:50 Comments: 0
I found out today that Roelof J. Engelbrecht, a long-time SETI@home supporter and author of the SETI Spy utility, passed away on November 16 2004 at the age of 38. I loved that utility and used it on all my PCs that ran SETI@home, and he always gave the impression he was a friendly upbeat guy. He'd been diagnosed with a rare, untreatable liver disease called Primary Sclerosing Colangitis, for which the only cure is a liver transplant. Having successfully raised 50,000 dollars for his transplant (thanks to donations from many SETI@home users) he discovered that the old organ was infected with bile duct cancer cells, as well as PSC. Some of these cells were left behind after the operation, so he underwent chemotherapy, but it wasn't successful in preventing the aggressive spread of the disease. He seemed like a really nice guy, and he worked so hard to make that wonderful free utility available.
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