Who was Simon Widlake?

[Katamori]

I just read on Doom Wiki about the deceased members of our community. (I also read the last thread of Espi)

And I found the name of Simon Widlake. The article about him was something short and poethic, without any sources.

So I would want to ask for you: who was him and why was he dead?

[Grazza]

He was the founder of compet-n, or at least one of its first administrators. I believe he was English and I recall him having a UK University e-mail address (Lancaster?).

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?search=1&field=textfile&word=widlake&sort=time&order=asc

I was never in contact with him, and don't know anything about his alleged death.

Moved to Demos, since the people most likely to know more will see the thread there.

[Ryback]

Wow, I didn't have the faintest idea he'd passed away. Found an announcement about his death here.

I never had any contact with Simon myself. Once he lost interest in Compet-N in 1997 he moved on. But reading through his old textfiles you can get quite a strong sense of his personality - funny and open and friendly.