>Eric Mussen will be missed.
>> no need to speak of him in the past tense, since he is still very much alive and engaged in life.
I took care to make clear that he merely is really, this time for sure, retired.
Others apparently misread this clearly-worded retirement announcement as an obituary.
But, at some point in the far-off future, I would not be surprised if Eric were to publish a paper or newsletter article even AFTER death, given how hard he has worked.
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