I am in shock and sad. Condolences to his family and friends. He will be dearly missed.

Like others have posted, he helped me greatly with my restoration of an IBM Selectric III, and his videos guided me in so many cleaning and repair tips. He was kind, patient and generous.

He was one of the first, if not the first professional typewriter mechanic (40+ years of experience) to make YouTube videos sharing his approach, showing how to go about cleaning and disassembling a typewriter, where to focus efforts and what to do to correct a problem, often "forming" a lever, link or a vibrator to fix a bent mechanism. All with a cell phone mounted on a mini tripod, put right between him and the machine, a real point of view camera shot. No shaking camera filming with him!

He was a huge fan of the Canadian rock band Rush, one could ofter hear their music in the background of his videos