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Tragic News (by yag)

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I got an email today that an old friend and a long time VFP MVP, Drew Speedie and his son Brent died on Friday while hiking in Yellowstone Park. Drew and I spent many years speaking at the same conferences all around the world – and he was one of the speakers that could invariably find something new and interesting to discuss in his sessions. His son, Brent, came to many of the conferences, and I remember him proofreading conferences reports written at European conferences for the Universal Thread.

 

Our entire team offers our condolences to Drew’s family. They’ll be missed.

 

UPDATE: We just got this information from Russ Swall at Drew's company:

 

We have built a memorial site for Drew and Brent. We will continue to add information as it becomes available. It also includes a forum and some photos. If you have pix you'd like to share, please send me an e-mail with a link to them or we can arrange to put your photos on that site.

https://drewspeediememorial.visionpace.com/

Thanks to all who have contributed their experiences and condolences. We will be passing them along to Irene when she returns to Scottsdale.

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  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2005
    My heart felt condolences to Drew's family at this tragic time. He was a great contributor to our community
  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2005
    A true class act. What's doubly sad is that we all knew his son, too.
  • Anonymous
    September 19, 2005
    FYI, Here's an article about the incident.

    http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0919AZ-Yellowstone-Deaths-ON.html