Death on my friendslist

I know Vonnegut died..but at least he was old. (still sad though)
thamiris on the other hand was barely 41, a brilliant Canadian woman who was such a good writer she even made me occasionally wade into the swamps of fanfic and read about things of moderate interest just because it was well written.
6 weeks ago she wrote about her fight against Cancer in her journal and exchanged thoughts with lots of people, including me, she still had hope.

She was a college professor, I bet she is very missed in real life and just as much in cyber-life. I'm really sad and mad today, life is so easily snuffed out.