This is an unbelievable shock. While looking over the other thread, I also saw BRTD mention that TrueFederalist/Ernest had passed away as well. I was unaware of this and am now processing the passing of two Atlas titans that I have known since my earliest days on here.
Just FTR, that's been speculated but unconfirmed, but DT had pointed out that Ernest disappeared around the time of a COVID spike. Presumably clarence has passed on simply because of his age and a post I recall where he mentions buying a house "that I plan to die in." He had married the woman of his dreams toward the end, so hopefully if that's indeed the case, he died happily and peacefully.