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I am stunned and saddened to hear about Derek's death. He and I grew up two doors apart and played together many hours as children. I remember his grandparents, his mother's white Buick Skylark and the many times my mother and I carpooled with them to school, saving me a walk up a VERY STEEP Vickers Drive and getting a few minutes "Tubby & Lester" before school TV time in while he finished his Ovaltine. I remember when he got his dog Smokey, when the playhouse got built, the pedal car and wagon we rode down his driveway and crashed it into the big granite all, playing house in the Japanese cherry trees ... and playing doctor a time or two ;-} ... with our many playmates on our street, going exploring in the creek, and going through school just a couple of year apart, the Science Fiction club parties (I was just a lurker, really, not a reader or fan). We were neighbors off and on till a few years ago. I will say a prayer of peace for him and his family.

: I am very sad to share this, but the creator of
: this wonderful website and set of forums,
: Derek Ziglar, died from a self-inflicted
: gunshot wound to the head on Saturday, May
: 29, 2005 (confirmed by the New Mexico
: Suicide Survivors Support Group at
: 800-432-5239). Derek is survived by Ms.
: Stella Ziglar and by both parents, Mr. and
: Mrs. Jim and Martha Ziglar, of Atlanta,
: Georgia.

: Our heartfelt sympathies and prayers go out to
: Derek’s wife, Stella, his mother and father,
: Jim and Martha, to the rest of his family,
: and to his many friends, admirers and
: supporters in Santa Fe, New Mexico and
: Atlanta, Georgia, as well as around the
: country and world.

: In addition to his deep love and thoughtfulness
: for his family and friends, Derek gave
: himself freely and caringly to anyone in
: need of help with any of his many areas of
: expertise. Derek genuinely loved to help
: people. His great intellect, wit and
: thoughtfulness will be sorely missed – Derek
: will be missed. He truly made a difference.

: A Google search on “Derek Ziglar” plus “Santa
: Fe” and then on “New Mexico” offers a number
: of posts Derek made in the last year on
: various political and social topics. A
: search on “Derek Ziglar” plus “chronograph”
: yields many links to his posts on his
: passion for chronographic watches.
: Similarly, a search on “Derek Ziglar” plus
: “Atlanta” yields older links from his years
: in Atlanta, Georgia.

: The Ziglar’s address in Santa Fe: Mr. Derek
: Ziglar
: 301 State Road 503
: Santa Fe, NM 87506
: Tele: 505-670-1019

: Derek’s consulting business website:
: www.dziglar.com

: Derek’s website for chronographic watch
: information: zOwie: Ziglar Omega Watch
: Information Exchange: www.chronocentric.com

: Information on the history of Derek’s
: chronocentric.com site is at:
: http://www.chronocentric.com/contents/about.shtml

: The Forums for Derek’s chronocentric.com
: website are at: Omega
: http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/omega/
: Heuer
: http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/
: ChronoTrader
: http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/chronotrader/
: Counterfeits
: http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/chronotrader/

: Information on Derek’s consulting business
: through the New Mexico Internet
: Professionals Association is available at:
: www.internetservices.org/dos4_Record_1.asp?intOrgID=503

: A “thank you” to Derek for co-creating the
: onthedash.com website:
: www.onthedash.com/thanks.shtml

: Derek was cremated. The service was Saturday,
: June 4, at: Berardinelli Family Funeral
: Service
: 1399 Luisa Street
: Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
: 505-984-8600
: www.berardinellifuneralhome.com

: We’ll really miss you, Derek.

: I am so sorry.