Peter Murray

[dianeduane]

The Young Wizards discussion forums have lost a steadfast moderator and a good friend. Peter Murray died yesterday in hospital in the UK.

He is going to be so missed by the many Forum members to whom he was guide, mentor and fellow jokester in chat, an endless source of useful advice on the Forums, and an constant bringer-of-order-out-of chaos generally -- especially as regards his ongoing work on the timeline of the Young Wizards universe (which at least he knew was in the early stages of being revised, with his work being significant in the upcoming revisions to the first three volumes).

Rest well, cousin: see you around.

Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that. :-(

I am glad you posted, because I was on the point of e-mailing you to find out whether you yourself were all right. I hope all the hospital stuff is over now and you are feeling better.

[nelka35.livejournal.com]

...

Peter Murray

[zargon.livejournal.com]

It appears he touched a lot of hearts.
http://dmmaus.livejournal.com/307729.html

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

Ahh goddammit :( I'm so sorry to hear that. Peter was always such an ever present fixture, it's tough to imagine a chat without him. I had no idea he was so ill. Phooey *goes to find something to kick*

[fiveforsilver]

He will be missed. As mitchy said, it's hard to imagine chat without him.

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Wow, thank you for telling us. I haven't been around on the foums for a while (pesky school) and might not have known for a while otherwise.

Go well, PM.

Goodbye my friend.

[ladychani.livejournal.com]

It seems like ages ago... I took a chance on a set of books by an author I knew very little about. That set was 'So you want to be a wizard...' The author was Diane Duane.

On the back of one of the books was an internet address for the forums discussing that series of books. I joined the first week of May, 3 years ago. It was the first forum I'd ever been on. I kinda felt out of place, being an adult in a sea of kids, but Peter befriended me and held my hand through my first experiences on the internet talking to others. (I'd never done anything beyond look up things now and then and email.)

He was a good man... he was interesting. Most of all, he was a friend. I am sad to hear that he is no longer with us and my heart is heavy with the news. I haven't been a regular poster on the forums for probably a year and a half... but everytime I came back to check in on things and he was around, we'd chat and catch up. *sighs softly* I will miss that. Most of all, I will miss the times we laughed. They will be what I remember of him most, besides his Star Wars lego figure scenes. (If you knew him, you would know what I mean.)

To the memory of PM... thank you for the laughs.

--Chani