murga-linux Puppy Forum is down

I posted earlier today about the Puppy Forum being down, and alternative forums:

https://bkhome.org/news/202007/new-easyos-test-forum.html

We have received information that John Murga, who has hosted the Puppy Forum for about 15 years, has passed away. Mick has posted to puppylinux.com:

http://blog.puppylinux.com/vale-john-de-murga

We are very sad about this. John did die peacefully in his sleep, from heart failure. It was a known condition, "ongoing ischemic heart disease".

I have requested from the people who have John's computers and power-of-attorney, if they can find the login details, so that we can try to resurrect the forum. We do not want to lose 15 years of posts!

I have let them know, that from our point of view, he was a rock. He maintained the forum for all those years. Back in 2005 when he offered to host the forum, I asked if he was prepared to look after it for the "long haul" and he said yes -- and has been true to his word. 

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