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ZDNet Blogger Russell Shaw Dies At Age 60
March 16, 2008 · Print This Article
Russell Shaw, the veteran ZDNet blogger who covered Internet telephone issues, died suddenly Friday, March 14 at age 60. Shaw died after complaining he’d “come down with something” after arriving in San Jose, Calif. to write about the Emerging Technology Conference.
“Some mornings stink. I had gone offline for a few hours Saturday to wake up this morning to find that Russell Shaw died. At this point, I’m just stunned,” wrote ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan. Shaw’s girlfriend Ellen said Shaw wasn’t feeling well Thursday and tried to rest, thinking he could sleep it off. Dignan said the “bug ” the blogger was complaining of, sounded similar to one that was making the rounds.
Shaw was the second VoIP ZDNet blogger to die recently. Marc Orchant died in December at age 50.
Bloggers quickly reacted to news of Shaw’s death. Om Malik, the former Business 2.0 who now heads his own blogging network, remembered how Shaw helped when he was creating NewTeevee, a blog about Internet television.
“His passing reminds us of the fragility of life, and how quickly it can all be gone. First Marc Orchant passing on and now Russ … it has been a tough and somber weekend.”
CNet blogger Dan Farber remembered Shaw as a prolific blogger who wrote about rock concerts, as well as technology and contributed to the Huffington Post.
The snarky tech news site The Inquirer said the outpouring of blogging memorials will likely earn Shaw at least a couple of pages of Google search results. However, Shaw could live on in social networking, where another writer still “exists” via a LinkedIn profile, despite dying in 2005.
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[...] Dan York wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptRussell Shaw, the veteran ZDNet blogger who covered Internet telephone issues, died suddenly Friday, March 14 at age 60. Shaw died after complaining he’d “come down with something” after arriving in San Diego, Calif. to write about the … [...]
For the record, Russell was in San Jose, not San Diego.
Andy: Thanks for the correction.
[...] Russel Shaw, ZDNet’s VoIP blogger, died at age 60 of a heart attack. Shaw died after flying cross-country to a California trade show. In his last e-mail, Shaw said he was taking a nap after feeling like he “come down with something. [...]