DidItLeak Owner Dies of Cancer at 23
Alan Carton, the brain behind the music release info blog Diditleak died of cancer last week. Alan was 23 years old.
Below is a passage of the The Village‘s article on Alan, describing what he went though during the last years of his life.
“For two years, the Twitter account @diditleak was the secret weapon of online listeners and music critics alike. In real time, the account, which ultimately garnered over 11,500 followers, announced whenever a digital copy of a particularly desirable record first hit the Internet. For that it became a beloved resource of torrent-hungry music fans and writers angling for first listens. Using email tips and message-board-scouring alchemy, @diditleak seemed to know leaks better than anybody on Earth.”
As many others, we used Alan’s website as a resource numerous times. It is sad to see such a brilliant man passing away at such an early age.
Alan, you will be missed.
RIP…
Usually don’t leave comments here, but RIP Alan. It’s one thing for someone to be arrested, another for the earth to lose someone completely. Thoughts to your fam and friends.
To die so young.. it’s horrible.
RIP, Alan.
Life’s a bitch and then you die…
RIP!..
Live life, People. :)
RIP
RIP Alan
Hope someone else will grab the torch…
Also a similar thing for movies:
http://twitter.com/MovieLeak
A “brilliant man”? Get fucking real. Seriously, it’s sad that he died so young, but no need to go around sucking his decomposing cock.