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[sethrak]

::sigh:: I go away from the Net for a few days, thinking nothing of much importance will occur. And what happens? Something of importance does occur.

I just found out _redpanda_, aka kielle, passed away from cancer on the 22nd. She'd been diagnosed only a month ago. Apparently it was very well advanced.

I didn't know her very well, but I regarded her as a witty, intelligent, wonderful person. She affected the lives of a great many people on LJ and the Tolkien fandom at large, and she's going to be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her husband and their menagerie of well-loved pets.

Damn. I didn't even know her to talk on AIM, but this is making me want to cry. I liked her. Immensely.

'Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.' Kielle was one of those who most richly deserved to live, long and well.

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The way I understand it, she did live well, brightening the lives of all around her. The brightest stars burn most quickly; so it was with kielle.

The world is a better place because she was in it. And you know, that's the best legacy to leave . . .