Yandex CTO and co-founder has died

Truly sad; what a brilliant guy. And a real class act... None of the money-throwing antics[1] of some of his peers. Just a brilliant, modest dude.<p>Quite fittingly, the Yandex translation is superior to the Google translate version:<p><a href="http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/en+ru.en/clubs.ya.ru/company/69367?nocookiesupport=yes" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;translate.yandex.net&#x2F;tr-url&#x2F;en+ru.en&#x2F;clubs.ya.ru&#x2F;comp...</a><p>1: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57442907-71/russias-zuckerberg-throws-money-out-the-window/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.cnet.com&#x2F;8301-17852_3-57442907-71&#x2F;russias-zucker...</a>

UPD: Ilya is in coma with no brain activity, but not dead yet. (<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fru.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FoddlyEnoughNews%2FidRUMSE96O03O20130725&amp;act=url" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;translate.google.com&#x2F;translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;js=n&amp;pre...</a>)<p>--<p>Ilya was very vocal about his contempt for falsifications in Russian elections. He went to protests and helped develop an app for election observers. This app helped volunteers submit proofs of violations during the elections.<p><a href="http://webnabludatel.org" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;webnabludatel.org</a><p>He adopted several children and hated the recent law forbidding child adoption by USA citizens.<p>He will be missed by many.<p>---<p>Edit 1: Rephrased the first sentence per suggestion in reply<p>Edit 2: Added recent info about coma

Very sad news :(<p>Besides being a great CTO, he kept helping orphaned children [1] and taught juggling (right at Yandex office).<p>[1] These children: <a href="http://mariaschildren.ru/content/view/141/96/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mariaschildren.ru&#x2F;content&#x2F;view&#x2F;141&#x2F;96&#x2F;</a>

Sad news :&#x2F; Here is the press release btw (link was broken for me)<p><a href="http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/yandex-announces-death-of-co-founder-and-cto-ilya-segalovich-20130725-00043" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasdaq.com&#x2F;press-release&#x2F;yandex-announces-death-o...</a>

Sad irony. Today I got an invitation to Yandex.Islands and at once recalled his presentation (video: <a href="http://events.yandex.ru/events/yac/m/talks/816/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;events.yandex.ru&#x2F;events&#x2F;yac&#x2F;m&#x2F;talks&#x2F;816&#x2F;</a> ). In an hour I read the news...

&#x27;May he find peace&#x27; seems appropriate considering his profession.

[UPD]: Apparently Ilya is in coma on life support with no brain activity signs.<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/yandex-founder-idUSL6N0FV33U20130725" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2013&#x2F;07&#x2F;25&#x2F;yandex-founder-idU...</a>

Such an incredible person. I&#x27;ve met him a couple of times, and he was always smiling, inquisitive and much nicer than you would ever expect. The good go early.

I misinterpreted the title and thought 2 people died.

How sad to hear.<p>For those not fammiliar with Yandex check out the interview we did with the other founder, Arkady Voloz, who tells the story of Yandex: <a href="http://blip.tv/vincent-everts/ceo-arkady-voloz-tells-the-story-of-yandex-2272959" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blip.tv&#x2F;vincent-everts&#x2F;ceo-arkady-voloz-tells-the-sto...</a>

Updated: He is in coma. <a href="http://www.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Flenta.ru%2Fnews%2F2013%2F07%2F25%2Fsegalovich1%2F" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;translate?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;...</a>

RIP to a young and brilliant man.<p>Go out there and live the day, hug your loved ones, enjoy the sun, work hard, don&#x27;t think about taking over the world and being the next Steve Jobs, stay humble, you&#x27;re given one life - go out there and make life proud that you are a part of it.<p>Memento mori

There are some conflicting articles suggesting he is in a coma:<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/yandex-founder-idUSL6N0FV33U20130725" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2013&#x2F;07&#x2F;25&#x2F;yandex-founder-idU...</a><p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/yandex-co-founder-chief-technology-084834059.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;finance.yahoo.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;yandex-co-founder-chief-techno...</a>

Very very sad. A good reminder to do what you love. In the wise words of the modern day poet, Nas: &quot;&#x27;cause you never know when ya gonna go&quot;<p>RIP mate.

Cancer killed another great IT person. Very sad news.

Is there any life story about Ilya? I want to write an article in Chinese about his life and contribution to technology community.

Very sad if someone passes at such a (relativly) young age. Even more so when he made the world a better place for so many people.

Until today, I had never heard of Yandex. I do have to say that their search quality appears to be very high, and I may use them as a Google alternate in the future. Is there any specific reason why they don&#x27;t have much traction in the US?

Rest In Peace... Really sad to hear this news...

missing the black bar on top

What&#x27;s wrong with 2013?

Stomach cancer, unexpected exacerbation.<p>Fuck cancer.