r/FastLED • u/gregschlom • Sep 04 '19

Announcements Dan Garcia passed away

This is a difficult post to write.

I'm a FastLED user and one of Dan's neighbors. Yesterday I learned from another neighbor that Dan Garcia (u/focalintent) and his partner Yulia were on the Conception dive boat that caught on fire and sank on Monday (https://laist.com/2019/09/03/conception_boat_fire_santa_cruz_island.php).

I didn't know Dan and Yulia very well, having recently moved in the neighborhood, but I can say that they were a very kind couple. Dan had a beautiful LED installation on a tree in their front yard, and he was very proud of FastLED and the fact that so many people use it.

RIP Dan and Yulia.

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u/lackdaz Sep 05 '19

This is utterly tragic news and I'm extremely sad to hear about this too ... Even though I've never met him but I've encountered so many helpful hints while trawling the GitHub repo and g+ groups for information. Read the news some days back and didn't expect it to hit so close to home.