MOTM

Deeply saddened by the news of Juergen's passing.  He was a singular figure in the renaissance of modular synthesizers, and a truly generous soul.  We are all the richer for having known him.

-Roger

> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Laity <synthetic@> wrote:
> >
> > Terrible news.
> >
> > http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=346494#346494
> >
> > Sorry if this news has been posted already by someone else here in the
> forum (I am quite new to it, registered just for the purpose of making
> this announcement), but I think you should know:
> >
> > I have to tell you that Juergen Haible has been found death in his
> home in Nuremberg, Germany some days ago. The reason for his death is
> unknown yet; it seemed to have stricken him "out of the blue".
> >
> > Appended you will find the death notice from today's Nuremberg
> newspaper.
> >
> > I suppose many people here knew Juergen very well, at least from his
> talents in designing pcbs, helping others building them, and making
> excellent electronic music. Me being "all thumbs" in electronics, I
> always admired how he combined his technical and musical skills with his
> desire to let everybody participate in his progresses. But more, I lose
> a friend who had been - together with his wife Birgit - in our church in
> Erlangen/Tennenlohe for a long time and with whom we shared many good
> hours. We had gotten out of sight for a couple of years, but "met" again
> only some weeks ago on Facebook.
> >
> > Our thoughts are with his family; his two cute children, Tassilo and
> Anais, aged 10 and 2, lost a loving father.
> >
> >
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