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[dead] markzuckerwho
People this young and intelligent don't deserve this.
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soumitrapaul
Shocking. There is no news of how it happened. 2 days back he updated his Twitter account. Could anyone tell me?
lisper
Wow, my jaw is on the floor. Jody was one of my co-founders on Virgin Charter. Rest in peace, dude.

(No, I have no idea what happened. Jody and I lost touch after V.C.)

LAMike
How exactly did he die? I remember him from this interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5c645Uexx0

nikcub
The Facebook post from his wife says:

> He didn’t say goodbye to anyone because he knew he couldn’t.

Which suggests he knew?

I didn't know Jody but the outpouring of grief on my Twitter timeline suggests that he touched a lot of people and that he will be missed.

pyre 

  | | He didn’t say goodbye to anyone because he
  | | knew he couldn’t.
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  | Which suggests he knew?
It could suggest:

- He knew he was going to die, but found it too hard say goodbye to people.

- He didn't know (e.g. hit by a bus) and therefore couldn't say goodbye.

- He committed suicide, and his depression prevented him from reaching out to others, even to say goodbye.

So far as we know, any of these could be true.

pc86
Granted his wife was distraught when she wrote that, but semantically speaking if you get hit by a bus you don't know what you won't be able to say goodbye.

It sounds like it was either a terminal illness of some sort or his own decision, but frankly the cause is irrelevant. I never heard of him until today but it sounds like he was a good man and it's a shame for his family, friends and the community.

EGerhart
Why are such successful people killing themselves? They have everything people dream of...
dlevine
All I can say is that Jody was a great guy. My cofounder and I hung out with him one night about a year ago when he was in San Francisco, and he was one of the nicest and most genuine people I've ever met. Almost sold us on moving our startup to LA (he was living there at the time).

Totally shocking.

gregarious
Jody was a great guy and an inspiration for all of us who believed in what we were building, in spite of what everyone else had to say.

I was lucky enough to know him for several years and always walked away the better for it.

He'll be missed.

[dead] mirz
He was one of my advisors. Really sad about this
mrmirz
Jody was one of my advisors. I was just exchanging emails with him last week and he was consoling me about our startup struggles. Having trouble making sense of this.
alberthartman
A woman I knew just drowned herself The well was deep and muddy She was just shaking off futility Or punishing somebody My friends were calling up all day yesterday All emotions and abstractions It seems we all live so close to that line And so far from satisfaction

-joni