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Debian Founder's 2015 Death Ruled A Suicide (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the closure dept.

gosand writes: According to a story on The Register, the death of Ian Murdock in late 2015 has been ruled a suicide. This news brings some closure to the sad ending of his life. An interesting note from the article that I never knew before: "he was the Ian in Debian; his girlfriend at the time, Debra Lynn, was the Deb." Debian has truly been a cornerstone in the Linux world, and the founder will be missed. The medical report was obtained on Wednesday by CNN journalists.

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  1. Re:He was killed by the prison-police-industrial c by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Framed? You have got to be kidding.

    Reiser dodged a needle in the arm by showing the authorities where his wife's body was. Some years later, he admitted in open court to killing her.