Fwd: [cfs_research] Breckenridge has passed away

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CFS has taken another one from us. Some would say he didn't die from CFS.

Bob

rvankonynen <richvank@...> wrote:

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From: " rvankonynen " <richvank@...>

Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:27:01 -0000

Subject: [cfs_research] Breckenridge has passed away

Hi, everyone.

It is with a great deal of sadness that I relay the following three

messages that were posted on the list by a person

named today:

#1:

" I cannot begin to express to how difficult this is to convey,

however, my friend of the past 15 years, Breckenridge (a very

frequenty poster here, and well known in the CFS community) passed

away overnight on December 16. From what I can gather, his last

activity online was here, posting of a argument he had with his

parents the day before. The cause of death is being determined - we

are awaiting the results of the autopsy. I don't want to begin to

speculate what the cause is, be it suicide, accidental drug

overdose, or of other natural causes, but I will post what was

determined as soon as I know.

" I just wanted to make everyone aware of this so you do not wonder

why he no longer posts.

" I know he was very much into CFS research and experimenting with a

variety of drugs in hopes to cure his illness - all I can say is

please, PLEASE be careful.

" May your prayers and thoughts be with 's family. "

" ,

Lifelong friend of JLB "

#2:

" This happened overnight sometime between Friday and Saturday. It

should appear in the obituary section of the newspaper tomorrow. I

will post a link to it as soon as it becomes available. "

#3:

" I totally understand where you are coming from. I was 's friend

for the past 15 years of my life (we were both only 23...) and I

don't know where to begin with the greiving process. I know he spent

the majority of his time online on the CFS message boards and had

made many friends here. I knew his account passwords (we had the

same ones) and I thought that he would want people to know what

happened to him throught his fight with CFS. I understand that I

posted all this suddenly, but like I said, I'm trying to inform

everyone before people begin to ask questions of why he stopped

posting. "

" I will post a link to our newspapers obit section tomorrow when i'm

guessing it should appear. I will also inform you all of the results

from the medical examiners office. Perhaps his death could show

something that would be of benefit to CFS and other dieases. "

Sadly,

Rich Van K.

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