Those of us who were also part of the former OpenOffice.org project will be shocked to hear of the sudden and untimely death of John McCreesh, who used to be the (volunteer) marketing lead for the project. I have written more in [a public post on Facebook][1] which also includes a newspaper report of his death. Those with access to his Facebook wall will see a long list of tributes.
Regards Simon [1]: https://www.facebook.com/simon.phipps/posts/10153969052221654