<div dir="ltr"><div>He died of what appears to have been a heart attack while waiting for</div><div>the train to go to the airport after BSDcan in Ottawa. I believe those details</div><div>can be shared, but an official obituary will be forthcoming with more details.</div><div><br></div><div>He was in good spirits for the conference, and I'm in shock. I am glad that </div><div>I did get to chat with him about all things BSD during the closing social...</div><div>But I'm also very sad.</div><div><br></div><div>Warner</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 12:25 PM Dan Cross <<a href="mailto:crossd@gmail.com">crossd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">FYI, this just got passed by Vint Cerf. Very sad news.<br>
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Date: Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 3:18 PM<br>
Subject: [ih] Mike Karels has died<br>
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Mike Karels died on Sunday. I don’t have any details other than:<br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/BSDCan/permalink/10159552565206372/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/BSDCan/permalink/10159552565206372/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.gearty-delmore.com/obituaries/michael-mike-karels" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gearty-delmore.com/obituaries/michael-mike-karels</a><br>
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Mike was deeply involved in the Berkeley BSD releases as I recall, after he<br>
inherited the TCP/IP implementation for Unix from Bill Joy (am I<br>
remembering that correctly?).<br>
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RIP<br>
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