Our sincere condolences to Isreal's family and friends.
From the November 13th Facebook post by John Kaplan:
It is with deep shock and sadness that I report the sudden, unexpected passing of one of my dearest friends. A week ago, on Friday Nov 6th, Isreal Manchild slipped on his basement steps. The resulting fall caused a severe head injury, bleeding of the brain, and he spent much of the past week in hospital in a coma. A four-hour operation to reduce the swelling yesterday was, unfortunately, not enough for him to survive and he passed away at around 3:00 this morning.
