David...

This morning I received the shocking news that David Boschmans, a fantastic colleague and friend, has passed away last night. David and I got to know each other in the Belgian developer community about 5 years ago. Three years ago he joined Microsoft as the Developer Evangelist where we worked very closely together. During that time I got to know David as a smart and great person. The past weeks, he was recovering from health issues; everything seemed to go well (given the circumstances). Till last night.

My thoughts go out to his wife, his daughter and family.

 

David, we miss you and will never forget you. Rest in peace...

Update: You can write a message to David and his family at https://david.vsdotnet.be. If you have photo's with David, it would be nice if you could add them to the David Boschmans group at Flickr. This group will be a center location with several different memories.

Comments

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  Hard to tell how sorry I feel I need to point you to the fact: Tom has some very bad news on his blog

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  Ons oprecht medeleven aan David zijn familie. Hanne & Stefaan

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  Sad news today. Last night, Microsoft colleague and first class blogger David Boschmans passed away.

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  This is a very sad news. David was a great guy.

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  David Boschmans passed away last night. Really schocking to see how suddenly and unexpectedly a human life can come to an end ...

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  Very sorry to hear this, I got to know Dave Boschmanns at Connect 2005 and at TechEd 2006, where he was always helpful and polite.   Thoughts go to Dave's family, such sad news!

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  There are no words to say how sad this is. David was a fantastic guy and it was great to work with him in the community and for various events. We'll all miss him very much. My sincere condolences to Veerle, Fien and David's family.

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  Hey Tom, this is just awful. David was a great guy and a clever fellow. I'm sure he will be missed tremendously. It's not fair, is it?

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  Il dur d'écrire ce type de post mais j'aimerais rendrehommage à ma façon à un grand monsieur que j'ai

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  Vreselijk nieuws. Bij deze wil ik graag mijn deelneming betuigen.

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  Mijn oprechte innige deelneming aan de familie! Ik kende hem niet persoonlijk, maar dat maakt het zeker niet minder erg. Sincere condolences Marc

• Anonymous
  August 08, 2007
  I am truly sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with him, family and friends.

• Anonymous
  August 09, 2007
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• Anonymous
  August 09, 2007
  I appreciated David a lot. Please relay my deepest thoughts to the family gérard leblanc

• Anonymous
  August 11, 2007
  Dear Veerle and Fien, I wish you all the best during these black days. Loosing your partner/husband and your father is horrible.