Global Moderator Tommy Udo 6 Passes Away

[Howard Mass]

RealGM Users,

This afternoon, I along with many of you got word that Global Moderator Tommy Udo 6 whose real name is George Zieman passed away on Friday.

The news is a shock to all of us here at RealGM and it is simply heartbreaking to lose such a great person.

George Zieman was not only a great Person and Moderator but also a leader and a mentor to many. No offense to anyone on my Moderator staff, but If we ever had a user poll on who the most popular Moderator on RealGM was, he probably would have a good shot at winning it.

How many Bulls Users could be so liked and respected by The Knicks Forum? The rivalry is huge there and it always amazed me how well he got along with everyone not just on the Knicks forum but multiple other forums.

George was one of a kind.

His title of "Global Moderator" truly represented his role on our forums as he was everywhere making people laugh, sharing his knowledge and making this community a better place for everyone.

I am grateful that George was part of our forum for 9 years and that this place that I was fortunate enough to help start up 10 1/2 years ago attracted a great person like George who helped make this community a great place for all of us. It is an honor to have come across someone like him.

All of us including are going to miss George but his name will never leave The Bulls Forum or our list of Global Moderators. It will stay to honor him and his great service to our Forums.

I encourage everyone to share their memories of George Zieman (Tommy Udo 6) here and in the many threads in his honor across our forums.

On behalf of everyone at RealGM.com, our deepest and most heartfelt condolences go out to George's family.

May you R.I.P. George Zieman (Tommy Udo 6)

You have no idea how much we are going to miss you.

Howard Mass
Forums Administrator
RealGM.com

[LittleOzzy]

He will be missed.

[Jays343]

R.I.P.

[suckfish]

Here are the threads on the Bulls and Raptors forums.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1204544

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1204594

[Nemesis21]

R.I.P.

[Yuri Vaultin]

A sure fire, first ballot realgm hall of famer.

This is a huge loss for everyone here. He was the perfect poster and a complete class act. RIP.

[eliasrapp98]

R.I.P man. Gonna miss you. So sad. Does anyone know the specifics of how he died or is it too soon?

[j4remi]

His visits were always welcome, dude was knowledegable, a great poster and never seemed to lose his head. I didn't get into many discussions with him or know him all that well, but it was always a pleasure when we did have exchanges. R.I.P.

[Pugz]

i didnt know who he was as a member or a person but its always sad when someone passes away and when they helped something so successful makes its worse. tough news.

RIP

[moocow007]

Wow. A tragic loss. My heart goes out to his family. RIP Big Guy. You will be missed tremendously.

[BIGGIEsmalls 23]

Rest In Peace, Tommy Udo 6

[magnumt]

RIP

A truly class-act guy who transcended fandom as Howard alluded to above. Gonna miss bulls69 (IIRC that washes original username). A true loss indeed

[Jakay]

Well that sucks. RIP buddy, I'm never going to post on the moderator transition board again as it is now far more apt. In fact, just lock that board and leave it up forever. What a fitting memorial.

[duppyy]

My favourite poster. Going to miss him.

RIP.

[The Duke]

Guy had a great way of conveying things, you could see in his words that he was very knowledgable.
We're proud of the impact he had on all our fourms, as many of yours.