News about W. Richard Stevens ?

It appears from a posting in comp.protocols.tcp-ip that W. Richard Stevens has passed away. Can anyone confirm if this is the case, because if it is then many many of us will be very saddened by this news. I cannot think of any single person who has had so much influence over my understanding of TCP/IP and UNIX programming. I genuinely hope it is not true. Regards, -- Peter Galbavy Knowledge Matters Ltd http://www.knowledge.com/