The witch is dead

From: Julius Schmidt <aiju@phi...>
Subject: Uriel
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:43:41 +0200 (CEST)

I am very sorry to inform you that uriel has passed away recently.

He will be missed.

http://9fans.net/archive/2012/10/29

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According to a Reddit comment, this was on cat-v's IRC channel:

[17:23] <hiro_> I'm very sorry to tell you that uriel has died peacefully a few days ago after having arranged everything very carefully.
[17:24] <hiro_> Until the end the thing he feared most was how his friends will cope. Please don't be too sad.
[17:25] <hiro_> Remember all the many worlds in our minds that he created and that never need to go away.

So he committed suicide.