Mourning Dan Williams

# Mourning Dan Williams Source: [https://lwn.net/Articles/1084545/](https://lwn.net/Articles/1084545/) \[Posted July 23, 2026 by corbet\] [![[Dan Williams in May 2026]](https://static.lwn.net/images/conf/2026/lsfmm/DanWilliams-sm.png)](https://lwn.net/Articles/1072861/)I have just received the shocking news that Dan Williams, a longtime, high\-profile kernel developer, has passed away\. I knew him primarily through his long service on the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board; he was always a strong, thoughtful, and intelligent presence\. Dan will be deeply missed\.There is[a support effort](https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/mekrzl)underway for Dan's family as they come to terms with this loss\. --- ### I wouldn't be here without his patience\. Posted Jul 23, 2026 19:20 UTC \(Thu\) by**gmprice**\(subscriber, \#167884\) \[[Link](https://lwn.net/Articles/1084553/)\] ### Celebration of Life at Plumbers Posted Jul 23, 2026 20:24 UTC \(Thu\) by**l1k**\(subscriber, \#112260\) \[[Link](https://lwn.net/Articles/1084564/)\] \(1 responses\) Let's please have a celebration of life at Plumbers to commemorate Dan's huge contribution to this community, as we did for Daniel Bristot de Oliveira two years ago\! ### Celebration of Life at Plumbers Posted Jul 24, 2026 1:11 UTC \(Fri\) by**broonie**\(subscriber, \#7078\) \[[Link](https://lwn.net/Articles/1084612/)\] Very much so, we already started planning that\. ### Rest in peace Posted Jul 24, 2026 2:50 UTC \(Fri\) by**yehs1**\(guest, \#125149\) \[[Link](https://lwn.net/Articles/1084617/)\] It's truly shocking\. I miss the past times of our communication and the great help he gave me\. ### No words Posted Jul 24, 2026 3:27 UTC \(Fri\) by**glikely**\(subscriber, \#39601\) \[[Link](https://lwn.net/Articles/1084618/)\] I just heard the news and I’m absolutely gutted\. Dan was the best of us\. Kind and thoughtful\. Dedicated and intelligent\. He was one of my favourite people to talk to when we had the opportunity\. He will be greatly missed ### Will be greatly missed Posted Jul 24, 2026 4:12 UTC \(Fri\) by**vaibhav92**\(subscriber, \#94105\) \[[Link](https://lwn.net/Articles/1084620/)\] Shocking news\. I had the privilege of interacting with Dan during his time maintaining NVDIMM subsystem and he consistently came across as a very helpful and having remarkable foresight on how to do things the right way\. I learned a great deal during those interactions, largely due to his patience, generousness and helpful nature\. He will be greatly missed