So saddened by this news. Curt entrusted me with two of his prototype Atari systems at last year’s VCF and I am forever thankful. I’m not really sure how to process how big a loss this is for the Atari community. More importantly the loss too his family and close friends must be overwhelming. I hope the best for his family and friends. RIP Curt and I am glad to have known you. -Pete

On Aug 31, 2020, at 4:59 PM, Richard Cini via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

Wow. How sad. My thoughts and prayers to his family.

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________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Jonathan Gevaryahu via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 4:52:54 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Jonathan Gevaryahu <jgevaryahu@gmail.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] RIP Curt Vendel

Curt Vendel passed away unexpectedly yesterday, according to Marty Goldberg: https://www.facebook.com/groups/105586892805903/permalink/3497579150273310/

Also see Jason Scott's twitter thread at https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1300515595788713989

I know many people from VCF East have seen him at prior events or were in communication with him.

-- Jonathan Gevaryahu jgevaryahu@gmail.com jgevaryahu@hotmail.com

Curts contributions to the Atari community were tremendous. I’m grateful to have spoken with him, as well as for his participation in VCFe last year. His exhibit was astounding and made the Atari 40th anniversary event truly special. His knowledge and passion were unparalleled. On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 7:44 PM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

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Curt Vendel passed away unexpectedly yesterday, according to Marty

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What terrible news, he was an awesome cultural historian. The world lost a

good person.

Bill

I'm going to write a blog post about Curt onto the VCF website. I didn't know him well, but saw him at VCF East two years ago with his Atari exhibit, which was awesome! If anyone is interested in helping me to write a memoriam about him, then please e-mail me privately. On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:53 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

This is sad, He was a good man. I don't know what to say. Just very sad.

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