I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve 
posted on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third 
of January.
As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the 
TC-RTC challenge and set it up at his own expense.
I met him in RL a couple of times the last being just before Christmas 
when he was in fine fettle. He will be sorely missed.

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> He will be sorely missed.
> 

Yes, indeed he will.

:(

-Aero

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On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:29:41 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve
> posted on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third
> of January.
> As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the
> TC-RTC challenge and set it up at his own expense. I met him in RL a
> couple of times the last being just before Christmas when he was in fine
> fettle. He will be sorely missed.

That is sad news, Stephen, thanks for passing it along.  :-(

Jim

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I remember him.

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On 13-1-2010 19:29, Stephen wrote:
> I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve 
> posted on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third 
> of January.
> As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the 
> TC-RTC challenge and set it up at his own expense.
> I met him in RL a couple of times the last being just before Christmas 
> when he was in fine fettle. He will be sorely missed.
> 
Could you pass on our condolences to his son?

I don't know who is selecting the next topic for the IRTC but can I make 
a suggestion? Let that be 'Last post' in honour of st.

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Stephen wrote:
> I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve 
> posted on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third 
> of January.
> As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the 
> TC-RTC challenge and set it up at his own expense.
> I met him in RL a couple of times the last being just before Christmas 
> when he was in fine fettle. He will be sorely missed.
> 

That is very sad, but thanks for letting us know.  I'll miss him too.

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Stephen wrote:
> I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve 
> posted on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third 
> of January.
> As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the 
> TC-RTC challenge and set it up at his own expense.
> I met him in RL a couple of times the last being just before Christmas 
> when he was in fine fettle. He will be sorely missed.

Dang! I guess we all go sometime, but dang. No more jewelry renders from 
him then :(

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On 1/13/2010 12:29 PM, Stephen wrote:
> I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve
> posted on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third
> of January.
> As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the
> TC-RTC challenge and set it up at his own expense.
> I met him in RL a couple of times the last being just before Christmas
> when he was in fine fettle. He will be sorely missed.
>

Very sad to hear that... He made lots of wonderful contributions over 
the years. Missed sorely indeed.

-- 
~Mike

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I'm sorry to hear that.

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So sorry to hear.  Makes me want to know folks as more than just a handle and a
style of RT.

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Stephen wrote:
> I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve
> posted on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third
> of January.
> As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the
> TC-RTC challenge and set it up at his own expense.
> I met him in RL a couple of times the last being just before Christmas
> when he was in fine fettle. He will be sorely missed.
> 
Indeed he will. I only met him once but immediately took to him - if you
remember, Stephen, it was in the Jack Horner along with yourself and
Andrew. I wonder if he ever got to visit the Spanish Bar and the oldest
working jukebox in London. We were thwarted that night.

I will remember him as a genuine, warm-hearted human being and a
talented jewellery designer as well as an excellent POVer. On a lighter
note I will also remember him as being the person who managed to use a
Black Cab with the only driver who had no knowledge of the West End.

Requiescat In Pace

John
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Doctor John wrote:
> Stephen wrote:

>> He will be sorely missed.
>>
> Indeed he will. I only met him once but immediately took to him - if you
> remember, Stephen, it was in the Jack Horner along with yourself and
> Andrew. I wonder if he ever got to visit the Spanish Bar and the oldest
> working jukebox in London. We were thwarted that night.
> 
> I will remember him as a genuine, warm-hearted human being and a
> talented jewellery designer as well as an excellent POVer. On a lighter
> note I will also remember him as being the person who managed to use a
> Black Cab with the only driver who had no knowledge of the West End.
> 
> Requiescat In Pace
> 
> John

I met him a couple of times more as I am working close to where he 
lived. We met up for a drink and a smoke just before Christmas and I 
can’t agree more with your assessment.
I’ll send a card and mention the newsgroup but I won’t be able to attend 
his funeral due to pressure of work.

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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andrel wrote:
> On 13-1-2010 19:29, Stephen wrote:
>> I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve 
>> posted on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third 
>> of January.
>> As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the 
>> TC-RTC challenge and set it up at his own expense.
>> I met him in RL a couple of times the last being just before Christmas 
>> when he was in fine fettle. He will be sorely missed.
>>
> Could you pass on our condolences to his son?
> 

I will do that Andrel.

> I don't know who is selecting the next topic for the IRTC but can I make 
> a suggestion? Let that be 'Last post' in honour of st.

That is a very good idea. After Steve’s funeral I will contact his 
business partner and suggest that. I may also inquire about what will 
happen to the TC-RTC. If it is not too expensive I might offer to take 
it on. Unfortunately I have no experience in site maintenance. :-(

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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gregjohn wrote:
> So sorry to hear.  Makes me want to know folks as more than just a handle and a
> style of RT.

Me too, but I'm not very sociable unless I've had a few drinks. And I 
just don't drink much these days. Besides, most everybody here seems to 
live in the UK...

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>>> He will be sorely missed.
>>
>> Indeed he will. I only met him once but immediately took to him - if you
>> remember, Stephen, it was in the Jack Horner along with yourself and
>> Andrew. I wonder if he ever got to visit the Spanish Bar and the oldest
>> working jukebox in London. We were thwarted that night.
>>
>> I will remember him as a genuine, warm-hearted human being and a
>> talented jewellery designer as well as an excellent POVer.
> 
> I met him a couple of times more as I am working close to where he 
> lived. We met up for a drink and a smoke just before Christmas and I 
> can’t agree more with your assessment.

I thought he was a nice guy.

And I really hope somebody has something better than that to say about 
me when I'm gone. o_O

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stbenge wrote:

> Dang! I guess we all go sometime, but dang. No more jewelry renders from 
> him then :(

I'd say "he was a diamond geezer", but I don't want to cheapen this... 
He did have a sense of humour though.

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stbenge wrote:
> gregjohn wrote:
>> So sorry to hear.  Makes me want to know folks as more than just a 
>> handle and a
>> style of RT.
> 
> Me too, but I'm not very sociable unless I've had a few drinks. And I 
> just don't drink much these days. Besides, most everybody here seems to 
> live in the UK...

Finland, France, Germany and the Netherlands seem to have a few English 
speakers who post here too. And that’s just the Europeans I remember.
-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen

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"Stephen" <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> a écrit dans le message de news: 
4b4e1110$1@news.povray.org...
>I just had a phone call this afternoon from Steve Paget's son. Steve posted 
>on these newsgroups as St. Sadly Steve passed away on the third of January.
> As well as being a contributor here Steve was the force behind the TC-RTC 
> challenge and set it up at his own expense.
> I met him in RL a couple of times the last being just before Christmas 
> when he was in fine fettle. He will be sorely missed.
>
> -- 
That's so sad :-(
Through his posts, he looked like a warm fellow and a real gifted artist

Marc

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"Stephen" <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> a écrit dans le message de news: 
4b4fe696$1@news.povray.org...
> stbenge wrote:
>> Me too, but I'm not very sociable unless I've had a few drinks. And I 
>> just don't drink much these days. Besides, most everybody here seems to 
>> live in the UK...
>
> Finland, France, Germany and the Netherlands seem to have a few English 
> speakers who post here too. And that’s just the Europeans I remember.
> -- 
IIRC We have contributors from South Africa, Canada and Brazil as well

Marc

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I held off on replying till I could think of something to say, more than
just 'He will be missed.' His renders were amongst those that I would
routinely send off to friends and family as examples of what people with
more talent than me can accomplish with these tools. Though I did not
know him outside of these groups, he will be missed.

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