[ih] David Farber has passed away

Joly MacFie joly at punkcast.com
Sun Feb 8 06:11:12 PST 2026


Sorry to hear that. I got to spend time with him during his sojourn in NYC
before relocating to Japan.

I arranged for him to speak at NYU - "A History of the Internet"

https://youtu.be/i0ZOXmj7Fmc

Joly

On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 7:47 AM vinton cerf via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> From Jun Murai:
>
> We are heartbroken to report that our colleague -- our mentor, friend, and
> conscience -- David J. Farber passed away suddenly at his home in Roppongi,
> Tokyo. He left us on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, at the too-young age of 91.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jun
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