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I thought this was very interesting!

Quote:

Death leaves online lives in limbo (AP)

NEW YORK - When Jerald Spangenberg collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in an online game, his daughter embarked on a quest of her own: to let her father's gaming friends know that he hadn't just decided to desert them.

It wasn't easy, because she didn't have her father's "World of Warcraft" password and the game's publisher couldn't help her. Eventually, Melissa Allen Spangenberg reached her father's friends by asking around online for the "guild" he belonged to.
One of them, Chuck Pagoria in Morgantown, Ky., heard about Spangenberg's death three weeks later. Pagoria had put his absence down to an argument among the gamers that night.

"I figured he probably just needed some time to cool off," Pagoria said. "I was kind of extremely shocked and blown away when I heard the reason that he hadn't been back. Nobody had any way of finding this out."

More at the link:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200903...c_death_online

I have lost some good online friends. :(

When contacted by a family member, it made me know we were really friends, not just online. We had chatted for years. He was a member here.

I have a special address book with just my online info. It's the one where I keep the addresses and emails of my friends here. My family knows about it...just incase.

:grouphug:

Yup, I already have that stuff stored. Also, my daughter has a few of my online friends plugged into her cell phone address book.

A dear friend of mine passed several years ago. She and I were part of a tight-knit gaming group. We would meet certain nights of the week to play, and I visited her often down by St. Louis. It was such a shock to us all. Luckily, what little family she had left did notify me. I still miss her.