Death of Matt Lightner (creator of Site5)

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Post by auxbuss » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 9:35 AM UTC

I just read on Ryan Bigg's blog that Matt Lightner, the guy who started Site5 when he was 15, has died. His facebook account "is currently unavailable". I have no idea of the circumstances, and it would be wrong to speculate.

Here's a link to his personal web-site: http://www.mattlightner.com/

Site5 was one of the mileposts on the way to where we are today and it's so sad to lose an innovator so young.

Death of Matt Lightner (creator of Site5)
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Re: Death of Matt Lightner (creator of Site5)

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Post by xtal » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 10:09 AM UTC

Matt's mother, Deborah, submitted a very poignant comment on Site5's weblog: http://www.site5.com/blog/s5/saying-goodbye-to-a-founder/201...

Re: Death of Matt Lightner (creator of Site5)

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Post by sunchild » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 10:35 AM UTC

I'm a Site5 customer. One of the things that I love about the company is that I can pretty much forget about it until I need to change something. None of the pushy upselling and other annoyances that are business as usual for so much of the rest of the web.

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Post by skbohra123 » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 10:42 AM UTC

RIP. Seems like there's no wikiepedia entry for Matt Lightner?

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Post by dkd903 » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 10:52 AM UTC

Really depressing when such young and dynamic people die un-timely deaths. :(

Re: Death of Matt Lightner (creator of Site5)

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Post by iampeter » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 10:57 AM UTC

confirmed :/

http://www.beddingfieldfuneralservice.com/obits11.htm

Re: Death of Matt Lightner (creator of Site5)

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Post by brainless » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 11:01 AM UTC

xtal wrote: post #2

Matt's mother, Deborah, submitted a very poignant comment on Site5's weblog: http://www.site5.com/blog/s5/saying-goodbye-to-a-founder/201...

Just read the comment. Blew my mind. Hats off to such people and sorry to see them pass on. RIP.

Re: Death of Matt Lightner (creator of Site5)

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Post by ultimatewarrior » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 11:22 AM UTC

Reality, there's nothing like it.

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Post by meiji » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 11:29 AM UTC

Very sad to hear this. Despite working in the industry for some time (and therefore being able to have free quality hosting) I have paid for Site5 hosting for some time now. That's a mark of their service.

Deepest sympathies to his family, friends and colleagues

Re: Death of Matt Lightner (creator of Site5)

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Post by wyclif » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 11:37 AM UTC

Just 28 years old. Sad. What was the cause of death?