[Dont Mention the War]

I'm not completely buying it either. The way the news was given, just flat out "he's dead" to her signature, "Kephra's Mom" doesn't look right. My skepticism may be because my wife had an online friend (Sim's site stuff) who faked her death.

No, it's for real. William Pitt knew both Khephra and his mother, and called her for confirmation.

As for the "Kephra's Mom" thing, see my post just above. I believe he was on DU when he died, so all mom had to do was sit down, hit the "new thread" button and start typing.

From what I can tell, Kephra was sort of a kattracks/JohnHuang2 type, posting tons and tons of news articles, for which the DUers were very grateful. He was a big name over there.

[gidget7]

After reading all the posts, it does appear you are right. Not what I would do, but different people do different things I suppose.

Must have been his time, for whatever reason. Not are place to question that part.

[Laurita]

Thanks for checking it out, strange life he must have led. Odd community.

[luvie]

...all mom had to do was sit down, hit the "new thread" button and start typing.

I get this mental picture of her discovering him slumped over the keyboard, then shoving him out of the way to post his obit to the DUmpster!