I suppose it is true. RIP to a forum legend. I was looking over his last posts a couple hours ago and this one stood out:
Re: Golfers of atlas
I play whenever I can. Love it.
The thing I love about the Pittsburgh area is that no matter where you are, there will always be a course near you.
Quite true. Now that I am retired I spend most of my summer in North East PA, which has a great course for an old fart like me - flat, fairly open, very well maintained.
His signatures at Christmas were a forum institution. RIP.
His signatures had a way of making the forum very difficult to browse in public, but that was part of his charm.