Bill Atkinson Dies from Cancer at 74

lproven · 2025-06-09T15:09:44 1749481784

Most discussion is over at the other post:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44210606

zahlman · 2025-06-07T19:56:39 1749326199

Thanks, I much prefer this to the original Facebook link (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44210606), since it doesn't require messing with Facebook (and in fact displays without JavaScript).

morninglight · 2025-06-07T20:34:14 1749328454

Bill Atkinson, Jef Raskin, Steve Jobs Maybe we should be funding a cure for pancreatic cancer before plowing our wealth into a trip to Mars.

k_roy · 2025-06-07T22:35:02 1749335702

I mean, Steve Jobs had basically the only type of pancreatic cancer that people walk away from, and he’s dead because he was into alternative medicine