We got the sad news today that Jaroslaw Krzysztof Marcin Wolski, A.K.A. Jerry
"PoliSh" Wolski died suddenly last night. Jerry was a stalwart member of the
DOOM/QUAKE community, who maintained websites, helped create seminal machinima
movies, organized leagues and tournaments, and was one of the folks who helped
put together the original QuakeCon in 1996. In spite of all that old school
credibility, PoliSh was only 32 (Saturday would have been his 33rd birthday),
far to young to go, much less of what was an apparent heart attack. I had the
chance to spend some time with Jerry on a few occasions and always found him to
be a warm, fun-loving character. To offer an overused phrase that is quite
appropriate, he will be missed, as the world needs more of his ilk. Our
heartfelt sympathies to his young widow and his other family and friends.
There's a forum post about this on the
AHLPoker Forums
where more details may end up surfacing.