A gigantic hug to SpoDudeZ0r on the news which Bean was kind enough to relay to us. I can't even begin to fathom what he's feeling right now, so I'm not going to say anything as far as condolences go, but stay strong, man.
One thing that I wanted to say pertains to Spo's relationship with his father. A while back, he had been harboring some ill feelings towards his father. But we all urged him to forget those things and try to forge a new bond with him. Well, he did. And even though it was tough at first, they got through and came out the better for it. So, with this bad news, we can look back on the good news and know that Spo can, as well.
It doesn't usually help (from my experiences with people in these situations), but if you need to talk or vent or anything, you can fire off an e-mail, man.
Knaa'mean?