Talk:Canter & Siegel

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Can someone find out how she died? DS 16:07, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Nexis can't find an obituary. The earliest reference to her death that I can find is in "THE DAY THE NET CHANGED FOREVER, Hartford Courant (Connecticut), June 30, 2002 Sunday," in which the reporter found Canter but mentions Siegel in only an offhand "she died in 2000." I wonder if maybe the reporter got this news from Canter and, if so, is it true? If it were an acrimonious divorce, he might be lying. Uucp 17:56, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I checked Proquest, but found nothing either. However, I found plenty of stories about the SPAM itself. I then Googled "Martha Siegel died" and came back to the same 2000 date. Should we mark the date as uncertain since no-one can prove she's dead? - Thanks, Hoshie 06:51, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I would mark it as uncertain. Uucp 19:32, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

For what it's worth, the Social Security Death Index lists a Martha Siegel, b. 9 April 1943, d. 24 September 2000. That makes her 5 years older than currently listed, so what's the source of her DoB? 216.103.50.52 08:57, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm looking at the August 6th, 2007 New Yorker. While the Canter & Siegel incident is mentioned on page 37, Michael Specter mentions an earlier spam from the Spring of 1978 when Gary Thuerk sent, "We invite you to come see the 2020 and hear about the DECSystem-20 family." Gary was "harsly reprimanded" but also netted 20 million in sales from the message. Michael also has a choice quote from Richard Stallman. Here is a link to the article. Zenyu 21:23, 31 July 2007 (UTC)