Immediately after reading Christine's post in a recent C:\PIRILLO.EXE comment thread, I scoured the Web for more information on Dave Thomas's death. This is what I uncovered:

Thomas, 69, died early Tuesday of liver cancer at his Florida home, the company said. He had suffered from a carcinoid tumor, a slow-growing cancer, for more than a decade. Thomas retired as chairman of Wendy's in 1982. Though he no longer actively managed the company, he had appeared in commercials for Wendy's since 1989, when he became the official company spokesman.

Ironically enough, I mentioned Wendy's in the last of yesterday's blog entries. I haven't seen any other bloggers talking about Dave this morning, though. Perhaps news travels slower on Tuesdays? Regardless, my sympathies to those who knew Dave.