Mr Wizard Died :(

[Killgannon]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/1401AP ... rbert.html

story there, it's a sad day

[Octavious]

man...that sucks =/ I can remember watching reruns of that on nick when I was little, along with Rocko's Mondern Life ; ;

[Epincus]

I mentioned this in IRC. =\ The locals were not receptive.

[Killgannon]

I mentioned this in IRC. =\ The locals were not receptive.

i did... and yeah they ignored me

[Huggo]

That sucks! This guy was Bill Nye before even Bill Nye was Bill Nye.

[Yangsing]

Wait, he was still alive?

[Bartylby]

Wait, he was still alive?

[Malaquist]

I mentioned this in IRC. =\ The locals were not receptive.

I mentioned it in LS, the two responses were "Who was he?" and "You killed him!".

That sucks! This guy was Bill Nye before even Bill Nye was Bill Nye.

Meanwhile, Beakman sits on the outside and sheds a single tear.

[Sylphet]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

but, 89.. can't really complain (even though bone cancer is not pretty ><)

He was awesome.

[Popanu]

nooooooooo!! I use to wake up early as shit to watch him on school days.

[Demetrick]

Sad, I loved his show

[Tomiko]

The response I got when I mentioned it to others:

"Who is Mr. Wizard and why am I suddenly sad he died?"

At least some of us knew who he was and about his contributions.

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