Dear All, The Calcite PMC has received a message from Istvan’s manager regarding his passing. We are sharing this update with the community to honor his memory:
Dear All, > It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of our colleague and > friend, Istvan Toth <https://people.apache.org/committer-index.html#stoty>, > who died peacefully on Friday, 3rd April after a short illness. Istvan was > a valued member of the Operational Database team at Cloudera for 6.5 years, > serving as a Senior Staff Software Engineer and a member of the Apache > Calcite-Avatica, HBase and Phoenix PMCs. > He was known for his expertise, reliability, positive attitude, and the > kindness he showed everyone around him. His contributions and warm presence > will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with Istvan's family during this > difficult time. > May he rest in peace. We have decided to share this publicly to reach all who knew him and to provide a space for everyone to share a thought or memory of Istvan. --Alessandro
