Yeah, really sorry you weren't aware, Boopsy. *hugs*
Manny (Twin's banded and Warder) and I were in touch with Twinnie's husband, Bill, offline and he kept us updated once she was no longer able to communicate with us herself. She was 59 when she passed in October 2020. I'm not at liberty to share details but suffice to say it wasn't really a shock. She'd been ill and in pain for quite some time, and had had complex health issues for many years which resulted in hospitalisation several times.
Kristine was only ever an active member at the Band as far as I know, and predominantly when we were based at our offsite proboards. She wasn't so well or widely known on the main DM site. She died of sudden cardiac arrest in September 2017 leaving a young son and daughter behind. She was very good friends with our Twinnie too given the Band was generally a very tight knit group.
WhiteWolf aka Owen was the RP Admin for many years and he passed, also unexpectedly, in December 2021 after a brief undiagnosed/misdiagnosed illness that got out of hand. His partner 'phoned me to break the news in the January. He wouldn't let her tell me that he'd been ill or how bad it was prior to that because he didn't want to spoil my Christmas.π
Lily that sounds really rough, I simply can't imagine shouldering that.
Rhea, my sincere condolences. *big hugs*