[CPM-SPIRE-L] Fwd: Sad New about Alberto

[Amihood Amir]

Ricardo, it would indeed be appropriate to honor his memory at the 
upcoming SPIRE.

-- Ami

On Tue, 21 Jul 2015, Ricardo Baeza-Yates wrote:

> Dear Ami,
>   This is really sad, my  condolences to Titti and Rosa. Alberto was the 
> external examiner of my PhD thesis
> and he always was full of life. We should do something in his honor at SPIRE 
> in London.
>
> Regards
> Ric
>
> On 7/21/15 10:59 AM, Amihood Amir wrote:
>>  Dear Friends,
>>
>>  Today is a hard day for our community. One of the founders of
>>  combinatorial pattern matching passed away last night.
>>  See Raffaele's message below.
>>
>>  Our hearts are with Titti and Rosa.
>> 
>>
>>  -- Ami
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Raffaele Giancarlo [mailto:raffaele.giancarlo at unipa.it]
>>  Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 11:13 AM
>>  To: landau at cs.haifa.ac.il
>>  Subject: Sad New about Alberto
>>
>>  Dear Friend,
>>
>>  last night here in Lipari Alberto had a massive hearth attach. He is no
>>  longer with us.
>>  His family, I and a few other friends here are in a sort of vacuum.
>>  The only rather grim consolation is that, laying on his bed, he was the
>>  image of peace.
>>
>>  Please share the  sad news  with the scientific community. I have
>>  contacted all Italian Universities in which Alberto has worked.
>>
>>  His funeral will be in Salerno, where his wife and daughter have decided
>>  he should rest in piece.
>>
>>  I will give you more news as I get them.
>>
>>  Sadly,
>>
>>  Raffaele
>>
>>  ----- Fine messaggio inoltrato. -----
>> 
>>
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   Amihood Amir                                  Phone: (03)531-8770
   Professor of Computer Science                 FAX  : (03)738-4056
   Bar-Ilan University				Secr : (03)736-0497
   52900 Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL                       Email: amir at cs.biu.ac.il
   	and	                                url:
   Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA  http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/~amir/
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