peelerboy wrote:I'm LTO's younger brother. We really appreciate all the kind words being shared. Please keep the positive thoughts flowing until we can get some closure on this mess.

Condolences to both you and Cicero, and LTOs entire family, and hoping closure comes soon.

Despite never meeting him in person, his blogs, forum contributions and other writing shaped my understanding of Cambodia and Cambodians more than anyone else, aside from my wife. Regretfully, a lot of us will never be able to thank him. He'll be greatly missed.

Sitting here looking the river now, will hold off raising a glass to him for now in the hope he's found safe and well.

got 2 PM regarding my post on this thread, somehow it got misconstrued as sarcastic, wasnt my intention to be sarcastic, well thats internet for yall, my condolenses, end of comment

General Mackevili wrote:
For those who want to know more about Ken Cramer, here is a very nice article about him on Move to Cambodia:

Ken originally visited Cambodia briefly in 1993 in the wake of the UNTAC-sponsored elections. He returned in mid-1994 and has been living in Cambodia for 19 years, now with his wife and two children. He worked as a teacher in Sihanoukville in the mid-1990s, an election observer in the eastern provinces in three national elections, has done occasional work in human rights and has been the publisher at Canby Publications since 1997.

http://www.movetocambodia.com/expat-qa/ ... -cambodia/

Thanks for that, General. As I said on TOF, I never knew LTO but his words on the MTC blog and his many many posts make me feel like I've known him for a long time due to his consistent, reasonable, balanced and well informed comments. His steady hand will always be missed.

RIP LTO

This is very sad news. Every week we see news of ODs, car/bus/moto crashes and (often) people taking unnecessary risks... but life can be so cruel that simply slipping in the wet can take a life so randomly and pointlessly, which makes it all the more painful for those left behind. My sympathies to LTO's family and all of you who knew him. RIP.

I read the news of LTO's passing at around 6:30 this morning, and to say I was speechless is an understatement.
Have been quite busy at work today, but this news just kept niggling at the front of my thoughts. Mainly due to the way in which he died. Damn! Something like that could happen to any one of us at any time.

I had the pleasure of meeting Ken around 12 years ago. I can remember it quite vividly. It was a Friday night at Pickled Parrot. We chatted for a while, and he asked me where I was working. I told him I was teaching at <self-edited> school. He laughed and told me that he had also worked there for a few months back in 1994. He said that back then the <self-edited> school only paid new teachers $5 an hour. I was a little embarrassed to tell him that it still did. (I wouldn't be surprised if it still does).

It wasn't until a few months ago that a slip of the 'tongue by another poster here let on that Ken and LTO were one and the same. I wasn't surprised.

RIP Ken.
Condolences to the family. I hope someone manages to keep Canby running and keep the lto blog on line.

I feel this very personally and I am not sure why. I think it's partly the circumstances. It could have happened to any of us.

LTO was a great and very well respected poster
im really lost for words
RIP

General Mackevili wrote:Here is a nice pic of Ken to remember him by:

Did not know him. You picked a nice photo of him, may he rest in peace.