I have terribly tragic news.....

[Dee Dee Warren]

Dear TheologyWeb family, I can barely see my screen and my hands are shaking so bad I can barely type this. I received an email this morning which I was given permission to post in full.

Hello,
I am a friend of Andrew Bentley, who you know as Bandecoot. I am very sad to tell you that Andrew passed away this afternoon, after a seizure of unknown cause. Andrew had been in chronic poor health for some time. He was only 43 and is survived by his wife Kara.

I know he would have wanted me to let you, his friends, know what has happened and I just wanted to let you all know that he valued your discussions very highly, even those of you with whom he disagreed - that was most of you, it seemed :-).

I don't know when the funeral is to be held yet, but I will let you know when I do.

Regards,
Craig Minns

I am completely grief-stricken. I wrote and asked if there was anything we can do and when I know information on sending flowers or anything to the family I will let you know.

[ApologiaPhoenix]

He will be greatly missed. Prayers for his family.

[DesertBerean]

Oh, wow.

[brother vinny]

No! Dang it, no! This cannot be happening! Geez, we were just goofing on Monty Python and the Holy Grail last weekend in PalTalk!

Whenever he'd come in, if I was there, I'd give him "hugs," and he would always be like, "Brother Vinny, get off me, you sick freak!"

This hurts more than I could have imagined.

[Gideon Brown]

Andrew, know that we truly loved you.

[SteveF]

I'm speechless.

He was only online a few hours ago.

Here is his final contribution on TWeb, having fun in the Locker Room earlier today:

http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...7&postcount=19

He will be sadly missed.

RIP.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I know what you mean BV. He would always be there. And we never know when we have the last time to say something kind to someone.

[Crow]

I feel terrible that he's gone. He was smart, interesting, and a really likeable character.

I'm going to miss bandecoot.

I'll go in on whatever you decide to do for his family, and keep them in my prayers.

[NeilUnreal]

This is deeply saddening. My condolences to his family. He will be sorely missed here, but infinitely more so by those close to him.



-Neil

[Michelle]

How terribly sad!

[Barry Desborough]

Oh Bande, Bande.



:group hug:

[norwegen]

I didn't interact with him much, but he was certainly a memorable fellow.

Truly one of the good ones.

[Rusty T]

This is terrible news. I loved giving bande a hard time, and being on the receiving in of his wonderful wit. I will miss him.

rusty

p.s. Please include me in your plans for sending flowers, or however you guys want to do this

[Jade]

My condolences.

[sylas]

Stunned... I have a phone message from him to which I had not yet returned. I met him several times, and Kara once. We used to go out for dinner and a drink and a game of pool when I was in town. He was as likeable and funny in person as he was on-line.