I am writing to let you know that after a long battle with leukeamia Steve Madden finally lost the fight earlier this week.

An inter cranial bleed to to low platelets finally beat his inspirational crusade, he helped thousands of people worldwide to cope with his disease. Raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for research.

Thank you Online Opinion for giving him an outlet to keep his brain active. To his friends and foes thank you for letting him express an opinion.

He will be missed by many, a remarkable man.

jmAD, thanks for letting us know.

R0bert

Very sad I regarded him as a friend but never knew him rip Steve.

Vale Steve Madden. I will miss his pithy contributions.

May he rest in peace.

He was among the most articulate posters here, and passionate in his views... his contributions will be missed.

Vale Steve.

And jmAD, thank you for telling us.

Thank you Steve.

Thank you jmAD.

Thank you Steve for all you fighting spirit.

Our Respect to Steve's family

Steve may you always take up the good fight

From Stuart and Family Newcastle

Rest in peace Steve.

Many of us will miss you.

Condolences to his family and thanks jmAD for letting us know.

Sympathy to Steve's family and friends. We will miss this worthy contributor to OLO.

Our thoughts go out to his family.


Quite a man. His family can be proud.


Rest in Peace Steve.

Thank You for letting everyone know.

Steve Madden. Never met him. Only knew him by the record of his posts.

His record here? 578 comments in total: 459 article comments, 119 general comments.

His first post: Friday, 9 December 2005 2:18:14 PM, to the topic "On the question of community: blogs and belonging". He did.

An early quote: "My bone marrow may be f*#*ed but my mind still works." ( http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=3985#24333 )

His last post: Saturday, 21 April 2007 6:02:06 PM, to the topic "What happened on water rights?" (http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=557#10655 ) Basic. Pithy. Typically, quoting references to the end, and proved the point about his mind.

I had recently obliquely challenged Steve's accuracy in respect to one matter, and was expecting an amplification or rebuttal. Sadly, I now know why it hadn't come. Steve was always prepared to dog up the references and facts, something that appears beneath the dignity of many. He was also, for all of his uncompromising directness, gracious enough to admit that there were other sides to any argument. I will miss his presence on this forum.

Thank you, jmAD, for informing us of Steve's passing. May he rest in peace.

Always appreciated, sadly missed. A very special person.