Very sorry to hear this news. I was only very recently wondering about his apparent silence.
i don't post a lot but I do like to read the forums, before this it was the pink in and before that another and before that.... The one name I can remember from each is Wiz. His name on a thread was pretty much a guarantee that it would be a good read.
Sure he liked to mix it up but he wasn't the only one and when he did, he entertained.
I reckon that his manner said far more about his online surroundings and companions than about him, just look at his contributions here to see. Perhaps on here we got more of the man and less of the character.
if the forums did give him some comfort and purpose then I for one am gladdened.
the lonely mountain just got lonelier. Requiescat in pace wiz.