This morning I read the tweets of this very bad news..
Carl’s OTN Apex forum activity, blog and Apex examples were always my guides through my Apex adventures..
I still can not believe this, he left comments on my blog two weeks ago..
We all will miss you Carl..
blog : http://carlback.blogspot.com/
apex examples : http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:5
aejes @oracletechnet a big big loss. I had the pleasure of counting Carl as a friend. Can’t believe it. My thoughts are with his family about 1 hour ago from twitterrific in reply to oracletechnet
fuadar @eddieawad yes @carlback will definitely be missed about 5 hours ago from TwitterFox in reply to eddieawad
oracletechnet More info about @carlback; he will be missed. http://snurl.com/4rd4a [www_lasvegassun_com] about 7 hours ago from web
eddieawad Linda, a friend of @carlback sent out this FB msg: he [Carl] died early sunday morning around 3am in a bad car accident. about 7 hours ago from web
eddieawad What! @carlback passed away! RIP. http://bit.ly/33y0Dv about 7 hours ago from web
fuadar wow RIP @carlback about 8 hours ago from TwitterFox
oracletechnet @carlback Carl Backstrom, RIP. Good guy, a terrible loss. about 9 hours ago from web in reply to carlback
dannorris Re @carlback: http://friendfeed.com/las about 9 hours ago from twhirl
dannorris @fuadar @topperge Message said it was early Sunday morning, the 26th. about 10 hours ago from twhirl in reply to fuadar
fuadar @dannorris i see the last tweet form @carlback is oct 24th about 10 hours ago from TwitterFox in reply to dannorris
dannorris I had a message from someone I don’t know that @carlback died in a car accident over the weekend. Corroboration? RIP @carlback if true. about 10 hours ago from twhirl
Related OTN APEX Forum Thread:
Carl Backstrom – A great loss
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=722990
Carl Backstrom – Memorial Announcement
http://spendolini.blogspot.com/2008/11/carl-backstrom-memorial-announcement.html