As posted by Enkrateia, the haters and lovers should not be arguing over this, a person has passed before his time, he was 56; and that the only things that really should be mentioned are condolences to his family and friends. Everyone has lost someone, how would you feel if that information got posted someplace and it started an arguement over whether it should be or there.
He did a lot of good things with the technology and I'm sure he will be missed by a lot of people.

For those who cannot at least be respectfull of him, at least please be respectfull of a fellow human being.