Missing

bugzpodder · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:12 pm

Robert Barrington Leigh
UofT student

http://findrobert.com

Mr. T · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:27 pm

Is he your friend?

bugzpodder · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:30 pm

I've talked to him a couple of times. Not exactly a friend, but enough to care...

zylum · **Posted:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:58 pm

i've met him once. he's a crazy programmer.

bugzpodder · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:38 pm

rest in peace RBL

Delos · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:50 pm

RIP. Been following the news on this - tragic does not begin to describe it.

jamonathin · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:25 pm

I didn't even know anything about this story untill this moment. To think that im almost 19 and Robert was 20.

Live each day as if it were your last - Rest in Peace.

Neo · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:57 pm

How did he die?

Martin · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:41 pm

Drowning.

Mr. T · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:32 pm

What a tragedy. RIP.

md · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:58 pm

Hate to break the spirit here... but he drowned, yes he might have been a great person, and he was young; but that fails to make it a tragedy.

Tragic is when thousands die ever yyear from second hand smoke, people who are in essence being killed by smokers; and that major corperations are making millions of it. That's tragic. One person dieing by drowning is simply life, it happens.

At the same time, my condolences to his family and friends.

Delos · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:41 am

Cornflake wrote:

Hate to break the spirit here... but he drowned, yes he might have been a great person, and he was young; but that fails to make it a tragedy.

Tragic is when thousands die ever yyear from second hand smoke, people who are in essence being killed by smokers; and that major corperations are making millions of it. That's tragic. One person dieing by drowning is simply life, it happens.

At the same time, my condolences to his family and friends.

Point seen, however the loss of life be it one or many is tragic. Tragic to his family, his friends, and loved ones. You can't take that away from them. Simply because this is not something you can see or fight, does not make it any less of a painful event. Yes this gained notice due to his age and previous fame. However, the communal mourning needn't be just for RBL, but for whatever calamity might be afflicting each person.

Martin · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:01 pm

Cornflake wrote:

Hate to break the spirit here... but he drowned, yes he might have been a great person, and he was young; but that fails to make it a tragedy.

Tragic is when thousands die ever yyear from second hand smoke, people who are in essence being killed by smokers; and that major corperations are making millions of it. That's tragic. One person dieing by drowning is simply life, it happens.

At the same time, my condolences to his family and friends.

Tragic is defined as: "very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident""

TokenHerbz · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:43 pm

quote:

No foul play was suspected, police spokeswoman Lisa Lammi said in a release.

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Believe this or not? How can a guy just "drown"...

bugzpodder · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:04 pm

I saw the river on TV... it was huge (although i dont believe i saw the railings on the side). I can only come up with only a few speculations, one is that he cant swim (altough i havent heard this before), the other is that he somehow fell into the river and lost his consciousness. the third involves someone else besides himself.

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