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 | Ben "Diablo" Shelton (1974-2005) | 05 Apr 2005 |
| | We are very sad to report the passing of a great friend of ours: Ben Shelton aka Diablo / Hornet. Ben helped manage the archive for years, always had great improvement ideas, and was a very good personal friend of many of us. As a member of Hornet, he was also instrumental in the running of the Hornet Archive. Ben's legacy will live on in our hearts and minds, and in scene.org
He was found dead in his apartment in Portland. The medical examiner said he died from "natural causes", they think it may have been a sudden case of meningitis.
We have lost an incredibly good man at an incredibly young age.. Ben had a lot of plans for the future, a great lust for life and sense of humor.. He was a very creative, smart and kind person. And we'll always remember him dearly.
for more information, visit #trax on irc.scene.org
Some friends have also put together a small homepage about him.
Rest in peace Ben! |
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| a good friend since 1993.
no words do his loss justice.
rip. | | |
| for eleven years, you were always a good friend.
i'm deeply shocked, sorry it had to be so soon.
rest in peace Ben. | | |
| | rip [Post edited by SilkCut on Tuesday 5 April 2005 - 18:20] | | |
| Fuck fuck
That's awful.
The scene just lost somebody who dedicated hours and hours in the back to make everything work smoothly on scene.org.
But more importantly I lost a dear friend whom I am most indebted.
-Nicolas[Post edited by _-_-__ on Wednesday 6 April 2005 - 8:33] | | |
| i never knew you
but still, rip, such things should never happen :( | | |
| | You were helpful, energetic, thoughtful and open. Our commonalities were always a support to me. May you rest in peace. | | |
| | Nothing but good memories. We'll miss you, friend. | | |
| | KLF, Hornet, DC5, the car trips to NAID'95 and the '97 Montreal mini-party, Mini/Half-Impulse, TG'98, and finally the #trax reunion.. so many good times, Ben, you were a great friend and you left us way too soon. [Post edited by phoenix on Wednesday 6 April 2005 - 1:22] | | |
| in such a tight-knit family as #trax, you were like an older brother with strong views, always offering advice, taking disagreement in stride. no one can fill those shoes.
rest in peace, ben - our thoughts are with you and your folks. | | |
| One of the most kind and helpful people I've ever met, online and in person.
He will be missed. | | |
| Words fail me.
My love goes out to his friends and family. | | |
| Can't believe something like this happens... The good men die always too young. And Ben, sorry for never taking the chance to visit you in Portland in time - now it's too late for excuses.
Rest in peace. Will miss you, friend.
- Matti[Post edited by melw on Wednesday 6 April 2005 - 8:33] | | |
| Oh my god.. it is always a shock to hear someone close to you has died at such a young age. I would like to thank you Ben for all the times we have worked together keeping the old scene.org running the best we could, and i truely enjoyed all the late night discussions we had about it.
Goodbye mate.. | | |
| there are absolutely no words in any language to effectively communicate the feelings that run through my head as i think back to so many countless fond recollections that all involved you in some capacity.
the whole damn family came back together again for you, my friend. i hope somewhere, somehow, wherever you are now, you were able to see that. you brought joy and happiness to everyone whose life you touched, and our collective sadness is overshadowed only by each and every smile at those same, countless fond memories. you are going to be missed in ways i cannot describe.
-= george =- | | |
| hornet inspired me.
dont forget us ben...
we wont forget you either.
give shade a handshake when u meet.... | | |
| | Ben played a big part in some of my fondest and funniest scene memories. I still can't believe he's gone. He will be missed. | | |
| I have fond memories of exchanges late in the night, many on a dark screen and so few face-to-face, but these now crystallise for the rest of time who you were.
rest, my friend.
jeff/whitenoise (ex-Hornet) | | |
| damn. Ben was a decent human being. glad I finally had a chance to meet you last year.
-sylphin | | |
| Thanks Ben for all you did for the scene, for being part of the great memories I have. You were one of my heroes. Too bad you had to leave us at such a young age.
Travell safely my friend, I will remember you. | | |
| I hate it when people die, well I didn't know you for very long. I only knew your name and I seen some work.
Al the hours you did on hornet and scene. I hope you enjoyed every second of it, If you can hear/read/feel us: we'll be with you in our thoughts.....
-redtails | | |
| I'm glad that some of you have the words that I lack. Just knowing that there are so many other good people out there feeling what I'm feeling helps tremendously.
- Eric | | |
| Shocked and very sad someone like Ben had to go so early. He has been a friend for many many years.
Deep condolences to family and friends.
- Yannis | | |
| First met Ben in '95 at NAID in Montreal. What a tragic loss of life. God Bless his family as they mourn his loss.
Rest in peace Ben. | | |
| | I remember we used to get into crazy arguments, that I probably took far too seriously, on #trax. Rest In Peace home-fry. It's a shame I never got to argue with you in person. | | |
| | I never met him face-to-face, but I knew him in #trax and always considered him a friend. Rest in peace. | | |
| | i will miss ben a great deal. my sympathies for all the other people who have lost a great friend. | | |
| I am absolutely devestated.....i'm ridden with sadness and considering i was in town and we didn't even catch up.
He is a wonderful person and we will all miss him greatly.
I'm glad to have had the chance to meet him and there will be no other like him.
Absolutely nothing but wonderful wonderful memories. Thanks so much ben for being there in times when I needed it. You are a dear friend and you will never be forgotten.
Rest in peace ben,
Thoughts and prayers out to you and your family.
- Violette. | | |
| I always felt like Ben was a kindred spirit. Faced with this sudden loss, I wish I had gotten to know him even better.
A reminder that you can never have too much time, or too many friends. | | |
| really sad news...
too bad scene's losing its parents.
hope you can read all this from up there Ben.
rest in peace | | |
| | I may have been a lousy friend, but Ben sure was a good one. Goodbye. | | |
| | really sad you had to go so soon :( you left a permanent positive imprint on my life, and i'm really happy i got to know you. i hope you are well wherever you are now, and that we can meet each other again in the future. | | |
| Even though I met hundreds of people in #trax over the years, I always remembered "Diablo" as one of the most pleasant people there. I got the news while at an internet cafe in Paris, and just kind of stared at the screen for a long time unsure what to do.
But here is to hoping you are having a great time now, wherever you are. Cheers. | | |
| A good friend both in and out of Finland and a co-worker at Scene.org, you'll be sadly missed.
I will raise that pint of Guinness we talked about just weeks ago in a good pub down in Dublin. I am sorry you never got to visit, but you'll remain in our thoughts.
Rest in peace old friend! | | |
| I'm glad I got to put a face to the name and get to know you just a little bit while you were with us (Jaakko's place in 1999, trax10year.) What wouldn't I give to be able to log in and have some pointless political argument with you now?
Rest in peace, Ben. You will be in our thoughts for a long time. | | |
| | so random and so tragic. /theHacker [Post edited by rekall on Thursday 14 April 2005 - 1:38] | | |
| | the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace things, but burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes "AWWW!" (jack kerouac) | | |
| | goodbye ben. it was nice to know you through the demoscene, and see you at NAID and some of the impulse parties at my house. it's sad that we had to lose you so soon. | | |
| Wow, this comes as quite a shock. Ben was a dedicated guy who gave his all to whatever he was involved in. We had many, many debates over the last 11 years in #trax, and those will be missed, but fondly remembered.
Your contributions to the scene will never be forgotten.
So long my friend, may the wind be always at your back.
Brian Bennetts
aka Daedalus[Post edited by Daedalus on Friday 15 April 2005 - 6:53] | | |
| what the...
I was talking to him on the phone a few months ago about meeting up this year (after a few failures some years ago).
This is... shocking.
May he rest in peace, we've lost an excellent person, and personally, a good friend.
:-( | | |
| I just read this news. I am totally numb.
I met you once in person, when you and jak stayed over at my place in Luxembourg in 1997. And chatted with you more or less every day on #trax.
A wicked guy. RIP my man. | | |
| i only met ben briefly, at trax10year, but i'm very glad i did.
rip | | |
| just found out from Anterabae... not something I expecected and I'm still in shock.
You'll be missed.[Post edited by cullyn on Friday 20 May 2005 - 9:43] | | |
| I was just going through my ICQ-list and was wondering how Ben was doing - and now I read this. This is so sad...
I regularly spoke with Ben at #trax back in the scene days, and later on ICQ - and was lucky enough to meet up with him at The Party in Denmark. RIP Ben
:-(
- Asbjoern Andersen
AKA Mystical/Purple | | |
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