I know what you mean, I felt the same when Robert Eaton died. It's funny that you can feel a connection with people with whom the only contact you have is via messages on an internet forum - but feel it you do. It also helps that when you DO meet people who post regularly on here and find out...
Oh that's terrible from all perspectives, and I apologise for my earlier, flippant post which was obviously made before the news became common knowledge.