Rob Levin, aka lilo, has passed away in a car accident while riding his bike. He was the founder of the freenode IRC network, a place which I spend a lot of time. I have posted the following to his remembrance page.

Death is something that can strike at random. It can be expected, it
can be totally out of the blue. But it is unavoidable. Rob created
something wonderful, he had a dream and he fought for it. He poured
everything into freenode, and rallied people together for the goals of
the network. Now he is gone.

Rob was always courteous and kind, and willing to help out. I wasn’t
really involved in IRC at all until freenode, where I joined for
Wikimedia. Once there, I quickly became hooked. I became interested in
how the network worked, and got involved in supporting users. Through
all this Rob was helpful and kind, willing to explain things to me and
work out situations.

We must continue what was started. We should turn our grief into new
strength to journey on, and to make sure that Rob’s memory is
preserved and built on, pushing ever onwards and upwards. We can do
this together, and only when we succeed all expectations will Rob’s
death have not been in vain.

RIP, lilo - you were a good soul, one of the best