this is an edited repost of what i posted on another board for John as i know there are a lot of people in this forum who cared for him too.
Sadly, on the 31st of May 2007, John Foulds a.k.a. jayeff passed away. Later John was cremated and his ashes have since been sent home to his family in the UK.
John?s handle ?jayeff? was one of the most widely recognized and respected in our industry. I know for many of us including myself, DamageX, and a great many more, that John was actually the single most respected webmaster we knew. To me, John was also my mentor, my confidant, and my closest friend. I feel an abhorrent sense of loss now he?s gone and have been in a state of deep shock in his absence. His passing is a great loss to us all and to this industry as a whole.
It?s almost unbearably saddening to me that someone like John with his astonishingly acute intelligence and insight had to live with such poor health and to do so while on the edge of financial ruin. Because John had no medical insurance he was financially wiped out, again and again.
In August 2002 one of John?s two daughters was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The doctors told him it was a simple matter of surgery and that she would be okay. 11 hours of surgery proved to be a total waste of time. Then she had gamma knife surgery? ditto? and finally another open surgery from which sadly she did not survive.
These surgeries left John without his daughter and with in excess of $750,000.00 in medical bills. Resourceful as John was he may well have recovered financially if it weren?t for his own health conditions including angina, two types of cancer, and congenital heart failure which sung its final sad song on May 31.
Since John?s departure I have been in frequent contact with his ex-partner Sheri, a lovely woman who has been left with the daunting task of finalizing John?s personal affairs and with my help, his business affairs too. Unfortunately, Sheri has been left with some of jayeff?s debt and of course there were funeral costs as well. I ask that anyone who has been in some way touched by jayeff to please donate something however great or small as I know he would not want to leave Sheri with this debt that she simply cannot afford to pay.
If you do feel to give, please donate whatever is within your means, to [email protected].
jayeff?s Legacy:
Former clients ? if you need anything from John such as your original PSD?s, code or whatever, please contact lex on icq (233368071) as I can most probably help you, assuming either I know who you were to John, or you can prove ownership of the domain for which your design/code relates.
Carpe Jugular - is seeking writers who would like to submit Word Press and CSS related articles in exchange for links. If you would like to be part of jayeff?s legacy by contributing to carpejugular.com then please contact lex on icq 233368071.
ps. i am not yet a familiar in this forum but perhaps one of the mods here will be kind enough to sticky this post out of respect for jayeff.
Sadly, on the 31st of May 2007, John Foulds a.k.a. jayeff passed away. Later John was cremated and his ashes have since been sent home to his family in the UK.
John?s handle ?jayeff? was one of the most widely recognized and respected in our industry. I know for many of us including myself, DamageX, and a great many more, that John was actually the single most respected webmaster we knew. To me, John was also my mentor, my confidant, and my closest friend. I feel an abhorrent sense of loss now he?s gone and have been in a state of deep shock in his absence. His passing is a great loss to us all and to this industry as a whole.
It?s almost unbearably saddening to me that someone like John with his astonishingly acute intelligence and insight had to live with such poor health and to do so while on the edge of financial ruin. Because John had no medical insurance he was financially wiped out, again and again.
In August 2002 one of John?s two daughters was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The doctors told him it was a simple matter of surgery and that she would be okay. 11 hours of surgery proved to be a total waste of time. Then she had gamma knife surgery? ditto? and finally another open surgery from which sadly she did not survive.
These surgeries left John without his daughter and with in excess of $750,000.00 in medical bills. Resourceful as John was he may well have recovered financially if it weren?t for his own health conditions including angina, two types of cancer, and congenital heart failure which sung its final sad song on May 31.
Since John?s departure I have been in frequent contact with his ex-partner Sheri, a lovely woman who has been left with the daunting task of finalizing John?s personal affairs and with my help, his business affairs too. Unfortunately, Sheri has been left with some of jayeff?s debt and of course there were funeral costs as well. I ask that anyone who has been in some way touched by jayeff to please donate something however great or small as I know he would not want to leave Sheri with this debt that she simply cannot afford to pay.
If you do feel to give, please donate whatever is within your means, to [email protected].
jayeff?s Legacy:
Former clients ? if you need anything from John such as your original PSD?s, code or whatever, please contact lex on icq (233368071) as I can most probably help you, assuming either I know who you were to John, or you can prove ownership of the domain for which your design/code relates.
Carpe Jugular - is seeking writers who would like to submit Word Press and CSS related articles in exchange for links. If you would like to be part of jayeff?s legacy by contributing to carpejugular.com then please contact lex on icq 233368071.
ps. i am not yet a familiar in this forum but perhaps one of the mods here will be kind enough to sticky this post out of respect for jayeff.
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