Finnbear has passed away :(

[Greenguy]

priest just sent me a PM on this, which was posted over on Tom's Newbie Booster:

http://www.topniche.com/booster/message.php#247772
I'm sad to announce that FinnBear, a long time contributor to this board, deceased after a brief hospitalization on Wednesday, 20th of October. His funeral will take place on Saturday the 30th. I'm so filled with sorrow and grief that i can't express my feelings but briefly.

His loving wife,
Tara

Finnbear was one of the good ones, especially around here. He was always helpful to others when he could, he was always learning & he was a fun guy to talk to.

He will be greatly missed :(

[Cleo]

OMG :(

:(

[Ramster]

Oh My! That is sad sad news. I feel for his wife as he was a very nice guy on the boards. RIP

[plateman]

dam I was gonna post to see if anyone seen him because he hasnt submitted or posted.. Dam thats sad. I wonder what he had or got..

[urb]

Sad news. :(

[AcidMaX]

WOW, What a shock. He was a very nice person and definitely one of the good ones. Please let me know if someone organizes a collection for his family.

God Bless his family.

Andy

[Cleo]

He built very nice stuff and looks like a lot of it too. I have 117 listings of his. I guess I need to delete them, damn I hate to.

[Jim]

Oh man...that is sad :(

[Rocco]

rest in peace brother |sad|

[Fonz]

OMG, Finnbear was one of the people that was here from the start, he was one of the European mainlanders that I respected on this board. Always came out with great replies. I'm really shocked by this news.
I'm wishing lots of strength to his wife, family and friends in these hard days...

[Useless]

He was always such a happy guy. A true mensch. I already miss his avatar, with him holding up the glass of wine.

He will be missed dearly.|sad|

[swedguy]

That is so sad to hear.
I still remember him from when we started out. Always kind and helpful.

Rest in peace :(

[MrMaryLou]

Sad news :(

[CelticTiger]

Damn...that is a shock. Life sucks sometimes. May he RIP.

[Cohiba]

OMG... I'm really shocked. He was one of the nicest guys i've ever met in this biz. He had very nice stuff. :( i'm so sorry...

[Greenguy]

Originally posted by Cleo
He built very nice stuff and looks like a lot of it too. I have 117 listings of his. I guess I need to delete them, damn I hate to. Leave them up there - I am - odds are his wife will be able to get someone to take them over for her.

[Cleo]

Yeah that is what I was thinking. Hopefully she can benefit from the checks. :)

[plateman]

yeap I checked my admin and they are still live and will leave them up till dns and I run a link bot.. And if his wife keeps up hosting she can benifit from them and still very sad to hear..

[Yell]

My prayers go out to his wife and family. |sad|

[Nige]

:(

[Torn Rose]

Very sad news.

[BumpUglyz]

Sad news about Finnbear. Thoughts and Prayers go out to his wife and family |sad|

[Toni KatVixen]

That is very sad news.

[amber438]

OMG..
I am so sorry to hear that..

He was a great person.

[stuveltje]

Oh my ........i cant believe it |sad|

[amadman]

What!!!

Man.... That is sad news for sure.

Even though we never spoke I had alot of respect for him due to the way her presented his self on the boards.

A true loss to our community. :(

[thrillho]

From his posts he seemed like such a nice, cool guy. So sorry to hear about this! Best wishes to his family and friends.

[Kezza]

The saddest news

If there is anything Mark or I can do to help Tara... please let us know!

Finnbear was the nicest person... we are in shock here

[Verbal]

My sincere condolences to his wife and family, this must be very hard for them. Please let me know if there will be a collection. :(

[CrazySy]

Very sad news :(

[terry]

Very sad news. My thoughts go out to his wife. RIP

Terry

[Netpiddler]

Wow what a shock... What can you say to that...

I never had the honor of meeting Finnbear but I do know that what you saw was what you got with him and he was always more than helpful and full of encouragement for anyone who needed it...

We've lost a number of great folks this year, its a shame to lose yet another one in Finnbear.

My thoughts are with all those who knew him better than I and his family.

Fly with the angels Finnbear...

- Netpiddler

[digifan]

OMG... that's real sad, I liked him a lot because he was so nice to people...

:(

[serenity]

So sad and sudden. |sad|

[kristian]

This is such a shock and so sad. I never really got to know Finnbear personally, but he was always such a nice guy on the board, and his posts were always good-natured and helpful. So sad :(

[Tommy]

its hard to beleive

[gigi]

Originally posted by Cleo
He built very nice stuff and looks like a lot of it too. I have 117 listings of his. I guess I need to delete them, damn I hate to.

I wanted to stop by here because I know Finnbear posted here alot. He kept TNB up to date on the goings on here and I know he worked alot with many of you. He will be sorely missed by so many, words cannot express............

Cleo, please hold off on deleting the listings....I am going to try to work with his sponsors and wife to see what we can do to keep his sites going.....I know he would have wanted it that way.

I will certainly keep you posted. :)

[Paparazzi]

Sorry to hear that. Saw a few good posts here and he seemed like a good guy |sad|

[gigi]

Originally posted by Useless Warrior
He was always such a happy guy. A true mensch. I already miss his avatar, with him holding up the glass of wine.

He will be missed dearly.|sad|

HAHA! Yes! That is exactly who he was....enjoyed good food, good wine, good music and good friends. His choice of avatar certainly reflected that. :)

[dirtyjumbo]

That's really sad news :(
I was wondering why he wasn't around lately
My sincere condolences to his wife and family

RIP

[CybrFire]

It's very sad to see good people like him depart. I never got the chance to meet him personaly, but he always had a positive approach to things in life. He was one of the good ones and will be missed.

Finnbear was a regular submitor to my lists as well, his quality sites reflected his personal quality of character.

My thaughts go out to all his family. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know.

[LowryBigwood]

I am very sad to read this. Finnbear was a great help to me, on here, and especially on my home board, TomsNewbieBooster. Here was truly, one of a kind, and always willing to give you some honest advice. I've got a lot of his sites listed on my link list, and will keep them there.

Now, this is just an idea, so don't bite my head off. What do you guys think about me using his referral urls on a some freesites I buiild, instead of using mine?

Maybe some of you would like to do this as well?

I don't know, this wasn't the way I wanted to start the day off. |sad|

[sadman]

That makes me really very sad; My condoleances to his family

Sadman

[Sean416]

My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

[WicKed]

RIP Finnbear

From the looks of this thread he was loved and will be greatly missed.

[SqueezeBoobs]

My thoughts.

:(

[Rowdy]

Our thoughts and condolences to his family.

[M.D]

Originally posted by Greenguy
Leave them up there - I am - odds are his wife will be able to get someone to take them over for her.

FinnBear was one of my most favorite and most regular submitters, I was shocked to read about his sudden death and i wish i had words that could express how deeply sad i am now after reading this. for his death and for his family who deeply griefs about this sad event ( please forgive my english here, i am not in the mood for proper grammar)

I have noticed his absence while reviewing sites lately and was sure he was on vacation :(

If his wife reads this thread/board. I hope that you will be strong as possible through this sad event to carry on though it even very hard to even think about it right now when it is so painful inside and the world might seem so sad and dark... I've been through this (unfortunately) and know how hard it and long it takes.

I have found 209 sites that were submitted by FinnBear in my DB's and changed their submission date to the 31st of december 2004.

I will also add all the domains to the next crawl of Pornificent and i sincerely hope this will at least help a little for the time being and will help you with providing.


Please let me know if there is any thing else i can do to help you.
and can't help not saying this again... i share your deep pain.

[GunnCat]

Originally posted by plateman
dam I was gonna post to see if anyone seen him because he hasnt submitted or posted.. Dam thats sad. I wonder what he had or got..

I know what you mean Plate, I was thinking about him and if he ever got to making any of the mexican food we were talking about.

Sad day :(

Condolences to his loved ones.

http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/avatar.php?userid=276&dateline=1096985261

[eman]

That's really sad.

Makes you aware of the sense of community that this board provides.

I hope his wife can continue to benefit from his hard work.

[Osiris]

First thing that came out of my mouth when I read the newsletter and spotter the mention of this was.. Oh, wow. It was a shock to see.. I never talked to him much, but I do know who he was...

May your soul find peace in the next life brother.. |sad|

[Mateusz]

When I saw this thread my first thought was "passed away" must have socond meaning... but I quickly realized it doesn't :(
Shocking and sad news :(
RIP

[grzepa]

These are so sad news :(
Life sucks sometimes, you see him posting and giving advices to newbies like everything's ok and next day you hear he's dead.

R.I.P.

[physio]

When I saw the topic I thought the same thing, that this has to mean something else. Unfortunately not....sad day :(

[KCat]

I didn't get a chance to meet FinnBear in person, but he was one of the sweetest, most helpful webmasters I've chatted with on the boards. I'll miss his face around here. :(

[docholly]

wow i just read this in the newsletter..

So Sad!! and i always loved his little notes about life in Finnland, his non-auto adventures.. etc.

Hopefully he's running thru a flowered field in constant sunshine.

with a flask at his side and a song in his heart.

[Claws]

Sad news. RIP Finnbear...

.

[Kath]

So sorry to hear the bad news... I always enjoyed his posts too - he was always eager to help others out, and always had something worthwhile to contribute to a conversation. He will definitely be missed.

I think it's awesome that people are working to help his wife benefit from his sites - hats off to all involved.

[flyeruk]

That really is sad news.

He always made me smile when I read his posts, seemed like a genuine sweet man with a fun loving personality.

And I did also wonder if he was on vacation as he was one of my regular submitters.

My thoughts too are with his family.

[Robbo]

I just heard about FinnBear. I had not had more than a few words with him but identified with his appreciation for music and the tastes of life. He obviously eminated his good nature as much as showed it in his work as is evident here. My thoughts go out to his family.

[Opti]

|sad| RIP Finnbear |sad|

[caringneo]

Oh! |sad|
God likes good people and call them early. RIP Finnbear.

GG & Cleo, nice to see that you have decided to keep his sites. It might certainly help his family.

Neo

[Bell]

|buddy| I will sure miss him...
he had such a zest for life... I enjoyed sharing recipes with him...

Tara hang in there - you are on my prayer list...

if someone has some of his sites / tgps/ or free sites and wants to put them into a money bar and slap it up somewhere - tell me where so I can go snag the source code and also put it up on some of
my pages to get his sites some traffic/joins...

if you do it - to be sure I get the URL here's my eMail:

evelyn937 (at) lycos.com

thanks....

~Bell

[Useless]

If anyone is interested, here is the link he had in his sig for a list of his free sites.
http://www.porn-for-masses.com/free-site-list.html

[Trev]

I'm like Useless Warrior... First thing I thought of when I read the link in the newsletter this morning was his avatar. What a warm and friendly picture it was, and what a nice guy he seemed like.

This is very sad news. GiGi please give his wife, family and friends all my best at this time.

[xxxjay]

That's is horrible. Sad to hear that.

[koolkat]

Wow... that's a real shocker! I remember Finnbear ever since he came here, and like the others, as soon as I heard the name you can immediatly picture his avatar. I guess that really goes to show you just never know, so enjoy every minute while you can! RIP Finnbear... you will be missed!!!

[iggysick]

|sad|
I know him like just 2 months or so but it was enough to see how good he was |sad|

Rest in peace Finnbear

[JenC]

Oh my goodness! That is terrible news! After seeing his avatar, I remember who he is now. He helped me with a few threads of mine and he always had kind words to say.

Please give my sympathies to his family. And leave his links up, after an expensive hospital stay and funeral expenses I'm sure they could use the money.

My heart is broken. That's too bad. :(

[Alphawolf]

Holy fuckin' shit.

:(

<sigh>

Man, ya never know when the last day on this earth will be.

|buddy| be with you, Finnbear!

Wow...hard to believe. :(

[pornrex]

This really SUX.

Finnbear was always offering to help - he was like my free site building Dad.


I have been coming to this board for almost a year now. Mostly in the beginning I would hover alot and read dialogue between webmasters and often I would wonder about things I did not understand.

Aside from the usual suspects that offer help (GG, Cleo, Fonz, Surf'n, XXXJay, DareUTwo, etc. this list is long people so don't feel slighted if I left you off!) without any strings attached, Finnbear was another of those guys that offered help.

At first I didn't appreciate his input, thinking to myself, "who is this guy", and "who does he think he is" so on and so forth. i grew from that first bit of advice from him - often times I never had the chance to thank him because I didn't want to forget what he had taught me...

I lost a brother several years ago to cancer (15 to be exact) and people lose someone special all the time.

I feel that we, as a board, lost a great "brother."

R.I.P.

|goodnight

[Ms Naughty]

Very sad to hear this news, and my condolodences to his family.

Thanks for the list of his free sites Useless Warrior, I'm adding his 4women site to Ms Naughty.

[SirMoby]

Wow, he was one of the good guys around. Always had useful and nice things to say.

[Buck Angel]

That is so sad! RIP Finnbear

[Tart]

|sad| this is sad to hear.. I don't post much but I do read almost all of them, and as everyone has said.. his were always positive.

Thank you for posting a list of his free sites, I'll add them in to my linklist.

[msanchez]

Wow very shocking and sad |sad|

I didnt know him or anything just remeber the avatar of his and always the helpful posts.


RIP Finnbear

[T Pat]

RIP Finnbear My heart goes out to Mrs Finnbear, it was obviouse in his posts that he loved her very much
Sad News I really liked Finnbears posts they were like little snapshots into his life.
FinnBear has been on my mind all day, life is so fragile you just never know
I only knew him through his posts but still I feel sad, as though a good friend has passed away and
I remembered a reply I made in a thread to Kristion that I hope Finnbear read.
That way even though we never communicated I let him know that I iked him and appreciated his posts before he passed away.

"kristian
Thanx for the complement I actually enjoy the posts in the chit chat section from Finnbear Fonz and You because you guys give a peek into life in different Country's and Jim, his posts make me appreciate where I live because he's all ways just had a storm, having a storm or going to have a storm, He posted it was sunny today that must mean a storm is coming."

And just in case (you never know) I would like to let all GreenGuyandJim members to know, that I like allmost all of you

[priest]

FinnBear will be greatly missed.

I am lost for words to express my feelings upon hearing the sad news yesterday.

We were all fortunate to know him. We'll miss his kindness, unique personality and joy for life. FinnBear was one of a kind.

It is a small comfort to know he has touched so many lifes.

I'd like to think he would want us all celebrate life instead of grieving.

RIP my friend.

[Sumrpal]

This is very sad and shocking news indeed.

Finnbear was one of the good ones, never saying a harsh word about anyone, nor anyone of him. His posts were always a 'must read'.

My heart goes out to his wife and family.

|sad|

[Thomas]

So sad, I really liked that man!

Always helpful to me....

/Thomas

[The Kraut]

My condolences to the family... :(

[Opti]

Originally posted by Useless Warrior
If anyone is interested, here is the link he had in his sig for a list of his free sites.
http://www.porn-for-masses.com/free-site-list.html


Thought this message was worth bringing to end of the thread again.


If Finnbear touched you... link a site... it will only take a moment to do it right now!

http://www.porn-for-masses.com/free-site-list.html

[zel]

I don't really know how to express how im feeling now. I guess it is called shock, and helpless - the sad thing hashappened, and i cant do nothing about it:(

FinnBear was first person on Toms Newbie Booster board who replied to me when i entered adult business in autumn 2001, three years ago. He has helped me alot, many things i know and do nowadays i first time heard from him. He also helped me in private, via email and on boards. He was also participating in project for newbie webmasters called "BetaBrigade" - acting as a newbie too, and giving helpful advice to everyone.
I have some hard link exchanges with his sites, they will stay up as long as the sites are operational.

This year in summer i was about to go to Finnland and meet him in person - after all, he was closest TNBer to me geographically...that time he was busy, and we decided to try to get togehter in winter...

I have lost a good friend, and one of my mentors for adult webmastering...

Everyone who drinks - have a shot of Jameson - that was his favorite whiskey. Im having a bottle of it now in front of me, and few candles lit on the desk.

Rest In Peace brother.

[Jel]

Sad news indeed. A true man, in every respect of the word.

I'll be having a drink to you today my friend. Rest In Peace.

[Trax]

very very sorry to hear that :(
all the best wishes

[alessandro]

Oh ... hearing such bad news always makes you feel bad. All my thoughts are with his wife and family. I didn't meet him personally, but I always enjoyed his posts. Truly helpful and knowdledge . Sorry to hear this.

[lordaron]

sad to hear this, altough I didnt know Finnbear personally he always seemed like a great guy

my thoughts go out to his wife and family

RIP

[adamneve]

very sad to hear this :(

[finnbear]

Dear forum readers,

Last week I wrote a message at TNB about the passing away of my loving husband, Finnbear. It was until today I found this board in his bookmarks, and saw all these wonderful messages.

I thank you all for your condolences and support. I miss him so much but it's comforting to see that his memory is alive.

Best Regards,
Tara

PS. Sorry, I just realized that I was logged in as Finnbear and this message is like it was written by him.

[Jim]

Tara
If there is anything we can do for you, let us know. I admit, when I saw the last post in this thread was by finnbear, I was hoping that it was him saying it was all just a big mistake. Again Tara, let us know what you need.

[Torn Rose]

Originally posted by Jim
Tara
If there is anything we can do for you, let us know. I admit, when I saw the last post in this thread was by finnbear, I was hoping that it was him saying it was all just a big mistake. Again Tara, let us know what you need.

As was I... Best wish's to you Tara.

[security_man]

very sad news indeed - i always approved his stuff without looking cuz it was just that good. what an unexpected and staggaring loss

finnbear you will be missed |sad|

[Ghost&Lliandrin]

We haven't been on the board for a while, when I got on here tonight I was completely shocked. Finnbear was such a nice guy and really contributed to the board and to people in general. I just want to extend Ghost and I's best wishes and condolences to his wife and family.

Lliandrin

[Pornstar Dames]

RIP FinnBear best wishes go to the family

[Theproofhouse]

Well it's been a few weeks now since I heard the sad news (I was still in lurking mode) But let me please pass on my condolences to his family.
He came across on the board as a kind and gentle person who gave some valuable input to this board. I always enjoyed his posts.
Rest in peace Finnbear

[Mishi]

I heard the sad news, but missed the thread. FinnBear always made me smile. He was full of life and I know he lived fully. He was a truly delightful person, and I'm glad to have known him, if only a little bit. To his wife, may you have strength, and don't hesitate to ask for help if you need it. This community will provide. Be blessed.

[Anothers]

sad news

Finnbear was a very good man

[MatrixFan]

May you rest in peace Finnbear. My condolences to his wife and family.

[Pusher]

Finnbear was one of the nicest people I knew.

My prayers are with you...

[SmithsMedia]

Originally posted by Greenguy
Leave them up there - I am - odds are his wife will be able to get someone to take them over for her.

GG cant we arrange a collection or something for his wife?

Im shocked, he was submitting to me to, I did not have a personal relationship with the guy. It would be nice to give his family something back.