Martin Bosworth: 1975-2010
This morning, we at NPI received the sad and unexpected news that a great netroots activist, Martin H. Bosworth, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, reportedly affter suffering a heart attack. He was thirty five.
A self-professed "writer, editor, technologist, futurist, geek, advocate, humanist, & pragmatic Internet optimist", Martin worked at the Department of the Army, Walter Reed Hospital, and the City of the District of Columbia before graduating from Boston University. He later landed at ConsumerAffairs.com, and was eventually named its Managing Editor in 2008.
In 2007, he helped found the blog Scholars & Rogues with several friends, including Sam Smith. He was also active on social networking sites: at the time of his death, he had posted 11,475 tweets on Twitter. He was a person who was unafraid to speak out; as his friend Jason Rosenbaum relates, he did not hesitate to share the story of his struggle with his health insurance company when asked.
Free Press' Tim Karr neatly summarized Martin's passion for consumer rights in a post at SaveTheInternet:
A memorial service is being planned for Martin by his family. It is scheduled to be held this coming Monday, February 22nd, at Eden Memorial Park (11500 Sepulveda Boulevard) in Mission Hills, California. Those who can't make it are urged to leave remembrances on Martin's Facebook memorial page.
A self-professed "writer, editor, technologist, futurist, geek, advocate, humanist, & pragmatic Internet optimist", Martin worked at the Department of the Army, Walter Reed Hospital, and the City of the District of Columbia before graduating from Boston University. He later landed at ConsumerAffairs.com, and was eventually named its Managing Editor in 2008.
In 2007, he helped found the blog Scholars & Rogues with several friends, including Sam Smith. He was also active on social networking sites: at the time of his death, he had posted 11,475 tweets on Twitter. He was a person who was unafraid to speak out; as his friend Jason Rosenbaum relates, he did not hesitate to share the story of his struggle with his health insurance company when asked.
Free Press' Tim Karr neatly summarized Martin's passion for consumer rights in a post at SaveTheInternet:
“I’ve tried many different things in my relatively short life,” Bosworth wrote of himself recently. “But it keeps coming back to putting my thoughts out for the world to hear. Whether by luck or happenstance, I’ve been tasked as an opinion mover by my circle of friends, acquaintances, loved ones, and colleagues.”Elana Levin is compiling an anthology of Martin's "greatest hits" over at Daily Kos. Feel free to head over there and make a suggestion.
Bosworth wrote about topics ranging from Net Neutrality to the collapse of the housing market. His opinions always fell on the side of people struggling for their right to be heard. He pursued every issue with a natural curiosity and compassion that is the hallmark of a great writer and reporter.
A memorial service is being planned for Martin by his family. It is scheduled to be held this coming Monday, February 22nd, at Eden Memorial Park (11500 Sepulveda Boulevard) in Mission Hills, California. Those who can't make it are urged to leave remembrances on Martin's Facebook memorial page.
# Posted by Andrew : 12:36 PM
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