[governance] Sad news re Francis Muguet

Sat Oct 17 15:56:27 EDT 2009

This page seems to provide the unfortunate confirmation that Francis died in
Paris on October 14, and also that the cause of death was most likely a
heart attack. 

http://www.refondation.org/blog/1930/francis-muguet-nous-a-quittes

How fragile we are.

On 18/10/09 12:38 AM, "Nyangkwe Agien Aaron" <nyangkweagien at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> So sad news indeed if can be confirmed. But I wonder how Francis' daughter
> could not gather the courage and be more precise on the date of the death and
> what caused the passing away of her father and our friend Francis.
> 
> Was he sick? Of what? Since when and where did he pass away?
> 
> The pill is so big to be swallowed like that. Can some one come out with
> precise information on the matter?
> 
> Deep condolences if information is confirmed
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
> wrote:
>> Dear all
>> 
>> Tijani's words capture my own feelings very well. Is this really true? I
>> still find this so sudden, difficult to believe. And it is not so long
>> ago that it was Francis who wrote to us about Jean Louis' heart attack
>> at the ITU, as Tijani points out.
>> 
>> Ian, thanks for communicating with Francis' daughter on our behalf. Do
>> we have any confirmation of what happened?  Andrea, did you manage to
>> speak to his family?
>> 
>> Anriette
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 09:10 +0100, Tijani BEN JEMAA wrote:
>>> > It’s indeed a very sad piece of news.
>>> >
>>> > Françis was one of the very active and committed civil society actors
>>> > in WSIS, and especially in its second phase.
>>> >
>>> > Françis always had his own opinion, but never was negative. Our views
>>> > weren’t always the same, and yet, we were really good friends. I feel
>>> > too sad.
>>> >
>>> > I can’t forget his behaviour when Jean Louis had his health problem in
>>> > ITU in Geneva.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Now, he is away….. It’s a nasty situation
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> >
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>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ______________________________________________________________________
>>> > De : Ian Peter [mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com]
>>> > Envoyé : samedi 17 octobre 2009 04:56
>>> > À : 'governance at lists.cpsr.org'; Gov at wsis-gov.org
>>> > Objet : [governance] Sad news re Francis Muguet
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Friends, I have just received the following email. I have no further
>>> > details, and this must be a shock to all of us.  I would particularly
>>> > urge those of you closer to Francis’s immediate work to get in touch
>>> > with his family as requested below. This is sad news indeed.
>>> >
>>> > Hey,
>>> > My name is Flore MUGUET, I'm the daughter of Francis MUGUET, I'm
>>> > contacting you because you are his friend on Facebook. My father died
>>> > in Paris couple days ago and I just found out Wednesday night, because
>>> > I was worried that I wasn't answering my emails. It's hard for me to
>>> > realize, it' s happening so fast... My dad was the only member of the
>>> > family his side that I fully loved, trusted and respected. On the
>>> > other side I just have my mother. His work was so important for him,
>>> > I'm so sad I didn't accomplished it..
>>> > I need a lawyer for advices, so If you know one, please contact me.
>>> > Please get in touch with me at danceflore at hotmail.com or +33 (0)6 82
>>> > 30 26 70 for the funerals. I would like to have a lot of people
>>> > coming..
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I have passed on to Flore condolences on behalf on those of us working
>>> > with Francis on Internet Governance issues, but I am sure the family
>>> > would like to hear from those who have worked closely with Francis.
>>> > Flore also asked me about Francis’s work and travel movements – I did
>>> > mention  to her IGF and also his current project with ITU – but I
>>> > don’t have contacts for that work, others might like to pass details
>>> > on.
>>> >
>>> > Sad news indeed. Francis was an original thinker with a great devotion
>>> > to these issues. It’s hard to believe that he is no longer with us.
>>> >
>>> > Ian Peter
>>> >
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