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# Rob "Lilo" Levin passes away
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/rob-lilo-levin-passes-away/
- Published: 2006-09-16T17:51:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:42:55.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Life online

[Scott Beale](http://laughingsquid.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) [shared](http://laughingsquid.com/2006/09/16/freenode-founder-rob-levin-aka-lilo-has-passed-away/?ref=chrismessina.me) some [rather sad](http://blog.wachob.com/2006/09/rip%5Frob%5Flilo%5Fle.html?ref=chrismessina.me) and [unfortunate](http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/09/16/2152243.shtml?ref=chrismessina.me) [news](http://freenode.net/news.shtml?ref=chrismessina.me) with me:

> On the 12th September [Rob Levin](http://bloggage.org/?ref=chrismessina.me), known to many as Freenode's lilo, [was hit by a car](http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou060911%5Fac%5Fbikeauto.8af6ff6f.html?ref=chrismessina.me) while riding his bike. He suffered head injuries and was in a coma. Rob was being treated at the Neuro Trauma Intensive Care Unit at a local hospital in Houston, Texas where he passed away in on Sept 16th.

As Scott noted, [Freenode](http://freenode.net/?ref=chrismessina.me) has over 30,000 daily users chatting on 10,000 IRC channels, including those for [WordPress](http://wordpress.org/?ref=chrismessina.me), [BarCamp](http://barcamp.org/?ref=chrismessina.me) and [SuperHappyDevHouse](http://superhappydevhouse.org/?ref=chrismessina.me). .