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> due to complications from injuries sustained in a house fire Sounds like a very painful way to go... I wonder if we'll get any more details in the coming days. EDIT: He passed away in Connecticut, see child comments.
It happened in Connecticut.
46. RIP. "Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. … The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” - Seneca
How does one accomplish a semblance of this? Has someone tried and written down what worked (or did not work)? I'd love to read up more on this.
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It happened in Connecticut.
Do you have a source?
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The people of Silicon Valley and it’s offshoots seem to have a collective mindset of pushing the boundaries of pharmacology.
Yeah unfortunately he was surrounded by too many enablers and sycophants. Though he did have a few people who tried to get him the help he needed.
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He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.
those are pretty wild claims. any way you can back it up?
If his username is anything to go by, I'd say that there is probably a kernel of truth to his statement. After all, people don't just make up stories about ketamine and nitrous addictions.
Especially since dying in a house fire isn't a usual route to go. It might make sense he was on ketamine and somehow a fire started (he probably didn't intentionally start a fire), and couldn't get out. It's very hard to walk straight on ketamine. You end up walking like a robot.
Edit: but the real reason I believe these claims is because my gut says it is true. Not the best reason, of course. But not a bad reason either.
The Zappos website now has a Steve Jobs-like tribute on the first page (as well as a banner), which seems appropriate given how amazing Hsieh has been (not merely founding Zappos, but the renewal of DT Las Vegas, plus cool stuff he did back in SF before Zappos -- the 1000 Van Ness place was quirky and awesome.) A really amazing person.
Another visionary lost. RIP Tony.
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Do you have a source?
Could you give this a rest? It's ghoulish and unnecessary.
A family member of mine died in a house fire as well, and her death prompted the development of new insulation safety standards in Germany (this being a number of decades ago). Knowing what led to this fire is of interest to me.
I've edited my grandparent comment to remove the link to his Wikipedia page, and default to the heavy.com link posted above.