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JJMack
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January 23, 2022
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R.I.P. JJMack

  • January 23, 2022
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My father recently passed away. He was known here as JJMack. This community was a big part of his life. After retiring from IBM, this is where he would spend a great deal of his time trying to help people as best he could. His strength was figuring out how things work, communication was not.  Despite this, he was able to amass 38,147 Posts, 9206 Likes, and most importantly 3437 solutions.

 

I'm sure his posts will live on and continue to help people. I work with Photoshop professionally myself and occasionally will research a problem I am having only to find a solution posted here by my father. In the future it will be bitter sweet when this happens again.

 

Goodbye, world.

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AxelMatt
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January 24, 2022

Very sad news. My condolences to you and his beloved ones.

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Mylenium
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January 24, 2022

Oh, sorry to hear. He's been around for so long in these parts it's hard to imagine him not popping up in the occasional post. Thanks for letting us know...

 

Mylenium

Jeff Arola
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January 24, 2022

Wow, very sad news indeed.

JJMack was such a knowledgeable and constant contributor to the community and will be missed very much.

 

I offer my heartfelt sympathy to you and your family.

Ged_Traynor
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January 24, 2022

Ah this is very sad news, my sympathies to you and your family, he was one great character and will be sadly missed on the forum, RIP JJMack

c.pfaffenbichler
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January 24, 2022

Thank you for taking the time to let the Forum know the sad news. 

My condolences to you and the rest of his beloved ones. 

D Fosse
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January 24, 2022

I have to be honest here: I had a few clinches with JJ and a few times I was ready to explode. JJ just hung in there like a pitbull and...refused to budge. He stood his ground.

 

Later I've come to see that there's a name for that: integrity. JJ had a backbone made of steel. You have to respect that.

 

On technical matters he knew what he was talking about. He accumulated a lot of "correct answers", probably a lot more than I have! and he helped a lot of people. His posts will keep coming up for a long time and he left his mark.

 

Thank you for sharing the news, and I'm sorry for your loss. Rest in peace, JJ, and don't take any BS from anyone.

barbara_a7746676
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January 24, 2022

I am deeply sorry to hear about your father, JJMack. He was a steadfast and valuable contributor. I have known the pain of losing several people close to me, and empathize with your feelings of loss.

Bojan Živković11378569
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January 24, 2022

 I'm sorry for your loss. He was one of the best contributors on Photoshop forum. He will be greatly missed.

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January 24, 2022

Very sad news. I had some interactions with him over at the PS forum and the thing that stood out was his willingness to help people. Once I posted an answer to a query which did work but Mack came up with his own take on the problem which made me work a bit hard on the solution and this back and forth led us to a much better solution than the one we started with. He had such an effect of bringing out the better out of you.

I hope you and the family find strength to deal with this loss. He will be fondly remembered in these spaces for a long time to come.

-Manan

-Manan
Stephen Marsh
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January 24, 2022

My condolences to you and your family. JJMack has indeed left a legacy on the forum and with his contribution to the wider Photoshop community with his various tools:

 

http://www.mouseprints.net/Photoshop.html