<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 Forrest Bennett </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:fhb3.evolute@gmail.com" target="_blank">fhb3.evolute@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>He also explained that he had been planning to kill himself for 5 months, citing the deterioration of his own mind. Lee had severe sleep problems since 2000. He is now with Alcor, although he didn't explain why he killed himself in a way that reduced his chances of cryonics success. His friends and I remain puzzled and troubled by that. </span></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><font size="4">That is tragic. And that is exactly why I think the legalization of euthanasia is the single most important libertarian issue in the world today, and why I found it so interesting that Hillary Clinton's<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>official position on it is more libertarian than of the Libertarian party candidate.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4"> John K Clark </font></div></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear friends of Lee, </div><div><br></div><div>Sorry for not providing more details earlier; I didn't quite know what was appropriate. After talking to Lee's family and a few close friends I decided to provide more information. </div><div><br></div><div>Yes, Lee shot his mother and then himself. He left a note that explained why he shot his mother: she had extremely advanced dementia and zero/negative quality of life and was scheduled for another painful operation. He also explained that he had been planning to kill himself for 5 months, citing the deterioration of his own mind. Lee had severe sleep problems since 2000. He is now with Alcor, although he didn't explain why he killed himself in a way that reduced his chances of cryonics success. His friends and I remain puzzled and troubled by that. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Lee's family wants you to know that Lee loved his mother very much. </div><div><br></div><div>For those here who don't know me, I've been a close friend of Lee's since 1988. He and I have been discussing extropian topics and beyond since then. I was also on <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">alt.extropians back</span> in the 90's. </div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Forrest</div></font></span><div><div class="gmail-h5"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Forrest Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fhb3.evolute@gmail.com" target="_blank">fhb3.evolute@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hello Everyone, </span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Lee Corbin died in his house on Aug 18. He is now in cryonic suspension at Alcor. <br></span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">We are going to have Lee's <span class="gmail-m_-6818633657673901650m_8408105460596210136gmail-m_-2170681448017046863gmail-m_5466904560304287625gmail-il">memorial</span> service on Sunday October 16th in the early afternoon. The location will be somewhere within ~20 minutes of where Lee lived in Santa Clara, CA. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">More details on exact time and location soon. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We need help contacting Lee's friends. So far, we have contacted 39 of them. </span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">If you want to be on <a href="mailto:LeeCorbin@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">LeeCorbin@yahoogroups.com</a>, please contact either: Mark Newbold <<a href="mailto:mark@dogfeathers.com" target="_blank">mark@dogfeathers.com</a>> or L. William Bradford <<a href="mailto:hyades@roadrunner.com" target="_blank">hyades@roadrunner.com</a>>. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Regards, </div><span class="gmail-m_-6818633657673901650HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Forrest</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></font></span></div></div>
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