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Stan Flack, MacCentral and MacMinute founder, dead at 42
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 11:48 AM EST

"It is with incredible sadness that I write this note today. MacCentral and MacMinute founder Stan Flack passed away quietly on Monday in his Prince Edward Island, Canada home at the age of 42. According to his sister, Stan died of complications to a pre-existing condition," Jim Dalrymple reports for Macworld.

MacDailyNews Note: According to a report by The Inquirer's Nick Farrell, Flack "died due to health complications related to a congenital liver disease." Full article here.

Dalrymple continues, "In 1999, Stan sold MacCentral to Macworld. That was definitely a good thing for everyone involved, but a couple of years later Stan got the itch to start another new site. It was then that he founded MacMinute. I can’t begin to explain how sad I am today... Stan was not only my friend, he was a brother. Rest in Peace, Stan."

Full article here.

Macworld and MacCentral's Peter Cohen has posted a remembrance of Stan Flack on his personal site here.

MacDailyNews Take: Our condolences to Flack's family, friends, and co-workers.

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Apr 16, 08 - 11:00 am Comment from: mac Man By Choice

Very sad news

Apr 16, 08 - 11:01 am Comment from: R_LA

RIP Stan. I loved MacCentral back in the day and MacMinute was always a great site to get and very addictive.

You'll be missed.

Apr 16, 08 - 11:02 am Comment from: F1Mikal

shhhhhhh.

A moment of silence.

Apr 16, 08 - 11:09 am Comment from: c

The best site at its time and before it sold to MacWorld was MacCentral, hands down.

Stan did an excellent job, and a lot of us will remember him for what he did for the Mac community.

My guess is that he already has another bank of servers and a new site good to go in heaven to serve all the other Mac folks up thar.

Apr 16, 08 - 11:14 am Comment from: TackyMac

His soul is much snappier now!

Apr 16, 08 - 11:15 am Comment from: bluestreak

We'll miss you, Stan ol' buddy. You were one of the best.

Apr 16, 08 - 11:21 am Comment from: Ampar

Shut Down in Peace, Mac Brother.

Apr 16, 08 - 11:22 am Comment from: Tetrachloride

MacCentral was indeed good.

Salute.

Apr 16, 08 - 11:24 am Comment from: Lurker_PC

I'm very sorry to learn of his death. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

Peace.

Apr 16, 08 - 12:00 pm Comment from: Tommy Boy

Okay he's my age. Yikes.

Apr 16, 08 - 12:02 pm Comment from: JadisOne

Wow, that's sad. Condolences to the family. May he rest in peace.

Apr 16, 08 - 12:09 pm Comment from: Mr. Peabody

Stan, you will be missed.

Apr 16, 08 - 12:33 pm Comment from: Hallelujah

Mr. Flack hear my prayer:
Stan
Grant me Serenity
To Accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can and
the wisdom to know the difference.'




Amen

Apr 16, 08 - 12:38 pm Comment from: Wabash Sphinx

I hate the term "passed away." What does it really mean, anyway?

Apr 16, 08 - 12:40 pm Comment from: Digits McGee

I came to MDN after MacCentral was glorped up by MacWorld. MacCentral is yet to be surpassed as the best Mac news aggregator on the web.

Thanks Stan. I'll miss your work.

Apr 16, 08 - 01:46 pm Comment from: Macromancer

MacCentral was one of the first Mac centric sites I visited back in teh day. It was good stuff. Kudos to Stan.

Apr 16, 08 - 02:16 pm Comment from: flappo

sad news

grate luck in the next world , matey boy

:(

Apr 16, 08 - 02:39 pm Comment from: StiffArm

RIP, Stan.

Apr 16, 08 - 02:41 pm Comment from: Funky Chicken

Rest in peace Stan the Man...and thanks for all your work on MacMinute...one of my 'regular' Mac sites.

21-apple salute to ya....

Apr 16, 08 - 03:26 pm Comment from: JAYGEE

RIP to the man I have never heard of & founder of MacCentral and MacMinute, which I also have never heard of.

Again RIP.

Apr 16, 08 - 03:57 pm Comment from: Chas

My sincere condolences to Stan's family and friends.

RIP

=:~)

Apr 16, 08 - 05:15 pm Comment from: Gomer37

Explains why it hadn't updated in a few weeks.

Whatever happened to Jack from As the Apple Turns?

Apr 16, 08 - 08:53 pm Comment from: MacSheikh

MacCentral was THE place i went to for Mac news back in the days. They did great work.

@ Ampar: "Shut Down in Peace, Mac Brother."

Couldn't have said it better myself. Amen.

Apr 16, 08 - 08:57 pm Comment from: therepguy

Good lives are often short one and stan has a good one...

I feel for the family

Apr 16, 08 - 11:15 pm Comment from: ichi

my condolences.

RIP stan.

1001001001

Apr 17, 08 - 11:16 am Comment from: Buster

May your MBP impress the hell out of all those PC users in heaven (the few of them that were allowed in anyway).

RIP Stan

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