Can we pass a final wish of smooth sailing to our favourite raven?

Good bye friend. You were one of the few Jellies that openly took my side with my personal struggle with mental illness.

Damn, that is so sad….
My sincere condolences to his family, and to all who knew him.

Shocked and upset to hear this news. You told us so much about your travels and now on your greatest journey of all you leave us nothing but silence.

May you go safe tonight
With stars and space above, and
Time and stars below.

I didn’t know him very well…But am still very sad. I will be praying for his family.

I’m saddened to read this. He had created a larger than life persona here..

FUCK!
I have no words.
EC, a journey just communicating with him.

I have no words, either. I’m just so sad now.

Fuck….no….this is so goddamn awful to hear. I was waiting to read his autobiography. That man had one of the most interesting lives I’ve ever heard of.

Last year while I was in the hospital he kept me company through some long and painful nights with tales of his days as a medic abroad. He was going through a painful medical stint of his own at the time so it was nice for both of us to have someone to talk to.

He shared with me once that after having a heart attack, his insurer wouldn’t cover cardiac stuff anymore. His second heart attack put him into a few hundred thousand of debt. And thus the pirate life began. He had other reasons too, which he’s shared at various times on the site. Luckily he adored his life on the sea. But it devastates me to know that he was a victim of fucked American healthcare in that way. If he hadn’t had to flee the goddamn country to escape his medical debt maybe he could have survived this event. Fuck.

Everything about this is so wrong. He should be here. Watching the stars as he so loved to do.

This is honestly what sucks about websites like this, where you get so close to certain members and become family. Usually, unless you know the person IRL you can’t attend a funeral or hunt them down if they go missing, or be there in times of need in person. Most people want to keep internet life separate from home life (lots of us on here are anon) and yeah it’s all cool and fun to have friends on here but it sucks when you can’t be there like you want to. And you have to just be a sad bystander.

As I said earlier, I hardly knew him. But I still am deeply saddened. I know what it’s like to lose a very very close online friend and it sucks. Especially when they live far and you find out a few days or weeks after. I am really sorry this has happened and I hope and pray for his family and friends

Oh, that’s awful. He’ll certainly be missed.

Now that makes two friends in a row for me…

I’m cursed. I’m fucking cursed.

Devastating. I can’t believe I’m crying over a person who I never personally met…

@Mimishu1995 . It’s a journey we will all have to make. Hugs…

I didn’t know you well EC but I liked you and you seemed to like me. Thank you for your kind words and encouragement to a newbie. RIP my friend.

Condolences to Mimi. I suck at this stuff but I am truely sorry.

Oh my God! I can’t believe this! I can’t say much right now. I am in shock. Especially after all that has happened in the last 3 months. This is truly devastating. I feel sad and actually sick.

I will miss the “Crow”.

Another life taken way too soon. Sail into the sunset Crow.

I will miss his dreams. His words painted bright, vivid pictures in my mind of adventure, danger, hope, love and loss. He was a consummate wordsmith.
Fly free, magic Raven.

No… No… No!!!
We were just “talking” about visiting each other! He was busy with the rebuilding efforts and the weather here is not the best at this time so we figured we’d wait a few months before doing it. Life sure is strange.
He was one of the great ones. My heart hurts.
The lesson is: Do it while you can.
RIP EC – W

RIP EC.. You are really a great human being I have known so far. We’ll surely miss your adventure stories and thoughtful answers on many topics. This is a sad day for all of us!!

I am really bummed right now. I was really fond of that dude and I got vibes that we just understood each other. A good bud is hard to come by. Think I’ll get drunk I can’t handle this shit. First cold one is for you pal. May God welcome you, if he exists.

I’m so sad to hear this, but thank you for sharing @Muad_Dib…

I think EC’s posts after Maria show one of the most thoughtful and graceful reactions to a life changing event I’ve seen. I hope we all find that kind of peace and confidence.

Thanks for that, and much more, Crow.

<—- In his honor. Thanks to VB and JR for finding a picture that represents him so well..

Just 3 weeks ago he responded to an invite.
“That sounds like an invitation I might be able to take you up on for a short time next fall. Thank you, J, that is very generous and open. But this year is extra busy with the usual annual duties of sheep shearing, pecan harvesting, putting the boat back in the water after summer upgrading for the tourist season, but also dealing with the storm damage and clean up as well. I ain’t goin nowhere till next July, if then. I have to get the landsman stuff done, then the snowbirds come on or about November 15th to about Mid May. That is my bread and butter and I am about fully booked. Retirement is busier than medical research ever was, that’s for sure.”

Now we’ll never do it. :-(

^I had hopes to have a few beers with him someday… Charleston isn’t super far from the Caribbean. He could’ve anchored a boat in the Ashley river. I would have paddled out in my canoe, to take him to land.

We would have drank cold beer , in the warm Sun, exchanging stories.

I had recently talked to him about the hurricanes, and that I hope he had weathered them well.

Maybe he, and I will have a beer one day. We’ll/I’ll drink until the Sun comes up…. I can see it now… More tears…........

EC and I both loved tbe movie The Ghost And Mrs. Muir.
Sometimes he made me feel a bit like Mrs. Muir. His internet voice, a bit ghostlike being real, yet not really present, encouraging me to write, inspiring me, occasionally offending me, but loyally behind my efforts.
If only he could appear by my window, with a spyglass and swarthy smirk.

I am so shocked I have no words. What a wonderful person he was. My condolences to his family and R.I.P dear friend.

Fear no more the heat o’ the sun,
Nor the furious winter’s rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

Fear no more the frown o’ the great;
Thou art past the tyrant’s stroke;
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The scepter, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.

Fear no more the lightning flash,
Nor the all-dreaded thunder stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan:
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust.

No exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost unlaid forbear thee!
Nothing ill come near thee!
Quiet consummation have;
And renownèd be thy grave!

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
(from Cymbeline)

I’ll miss EC. He was an excellent writer – but even more so, the way he cared for his friends was inspiring. Online relationships can be just as real as offline ones, and you, crow, brightened up many days with your effortless kindness. Thanks for being one of the most generous people I’ve known, be it with words, time, or warmth.

I will miss you, Crow. Even if most of your incarnation was a lie, I will miss you. You were an excellent writer, a very erudite man, and, generally, a kind and good person. I wish that you had entrusted us with your real self. It would have been enough. You, in your essence, were always enough. This community will be less without you.

I choose to stick with the facade.
He isn’t gone. He is just very busy island hopping.
Damn, my keyboard is all blurry.

I don’t want to believe it

You were blessed, so to speak, in leaving so quickly. May everyone be so lucky. RIP.

[Mod says] Please keep all discussions about recent Fluther drama, the truth, and moderation decisions confined to the appropriate spaces. This is a memorial thread.

This is what Espiritus Corvus did for me. For that I will be forever grateful.

Can someone share his pic on imgur if available with you?

Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got ‘till its gone…..

Another hole in my life…......

I have missed this, this is sad, very sad for me to hear. He was one of the few jellies that kept me here.

Could someone please PM me and tell me what happened?

^^^ did you get your answer @Jeruba?

I just pm’d her.

Oh no! I’m so sad to hear this. We had many discussions, and I could never match the amount of words he’d send me. I’ll miss him—a great man.