news to me today: RIP Aahz

[Eli the Bearded]

Aahz, co-author of Python for Dummies with Stef Maruch, recently passed
away.

Tiny death notice (with name typo) from the wilds of the Internet:

http://file770.com/pixel-scroll-10-15-21-i-know-what-pixel-you-scrolled-last-summer/

    (12) AAHZ MARUCH (1967-2021). [Item by James Davis Nicoll.] Python
    programmer, whose fannish activities date back at least as far as
    classic USENET (alt.poly and other groups), died October 14
    following several years of ill health. Survived by partner Steph
    Maruch.

    Editor's postscript: Alan Prince Winston earlier this year described
    him as "an unstoppable-seeming guy" who "became a contra and square
    dance caller and choreographer despite really severe hearing
    impairment."

I met Aahz once. He always wanted to be a mononym person, and used his
partner's surname only reluctantly.

Elijah
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Aahz's rule6 website seems to be held by a squatter now