http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_02_11.html#014809

Steve Gerber, a very talented writer, a man who inspired people like Dave Sim, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Grant Morrison, best know for creating "Howard the Duck", has died from Pulminary Fibrosis.

I'm gonna miss him, he had a great talent for writing really weird stuff, but good stuff.