According to Cajsa Lilliehook, the real life person behind longtime Second Life blogger and fashionista Melanie Kidd has died, after a short bout with cancer, and has an eloquent and moving tribute to her:
She died this week. Cancer, of course. This is the summer of cancer. Cancer has taken six friends since May and is haunting other friends and family. I do not want to exaggerate my loss. We were not close, intimate friends. We were friendly, a casual friendship like 90% of friendships. But still my heart breaks, for the world that has lost another of the good ones, for Gogo, Cake and Carson, her closest friends whose hearts must be shattered, and for her family who has been robbed of her joyful, sunny spirit. Maybe a little bit for myself, too, because I liked her, damn it. Lots of pixel ink has been used to debate whether Second Life® is a game or not. Is it a game if it breaks your heart?
Speaking of Gogo, she has thoughts too
Above, by the way, are portraits of Melanie's avatar by Aemyth Lysette. I've cited Melanie or her blog several times over the years (as here), and I'm very sorry to read of her loss.
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