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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:tired of being second by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I ctrl+Fed for racist words. The only one I found was "nigger", used in a way to imply that black deaths are swept under the rug by the media, and that his might not be, because he's not black. Mostly he froths at the mouth against cops. Not seeing racism tho.