Sad news in the TAC family

[Richard Navarrete]

Mimi Wagner, daughter of TAC founder, Mark Wagner, suffered a pulmonary embolism earlier this week and passed this afternoon. Many of you early TAC members will remember her as the Messier Monster, viewing through her 10” dob yelling ‘found it!’

Mimi leaves behind her husband and two beautiful young daughters. Mimi was a wonderful person, full of love for her family, nature, and the stars. She will be missed by all who knew her.

This is all the information I have. If Mark wants to share more later on I’ll make sure I pass it along to the TAC family.

Richard

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[Jeff Crilly]

This is very sad news.   Mimi was so very young.   My condolences. 

-jeff

On May 13, 2024, at 1:51 PM, 'Richard Navarrete' via The Astronomy Connection (TAC) <sf-ba...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

 Mimi Wagner, daughter of TAC founder, Mark Wagner, suffered a pulmonary embolism earlier this week and passed this afternoon. Many of you early TAC members will remember her as the Messier Monster, viewing through her 10” dob yelling ‘found it!’

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[Kurt Kuhlmann]

Oh no.  Very sad when children lose their mom too.  I’m very sorry Mark

 

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[Jay Freeman]

So sad to hear about Mimi -- I remember her well, as, I am sure, does everyone who was active with TAC in the early days.

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[Vishal Kasliwal]

My condolences to Mark and his family. May she rest amongst the stars that she loved so dearly. 

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[Akarsh Simha]

My sincere condolences to Mark and Mimi's husband and children. This is shocking and sad news.

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[Francesco Meschia]

My condolences and thoughts go out to Mark and Mimi’s family. Awful, sad news.

Francesco

[Richard Navarrete]

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[Peter Santangeli]

I don't even know what to say. So tragic.

My condolences.

pete

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[Jonathan Lawton]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Jonathan

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[Paul Alsing]

I remember Mimi well, and this is sad and shocking news. My thoughts are with Mark and his family.

\Paul

[Jamie Dillon, DDK]

Thanks, Richard, that's not easy news to pass along, buddy. Love to all Mimi's folks, including Pat!

Mimi was so nice to Liam, always included him in the fun.

Here are those two with Brandon looking pretty intimidating, throwing snowballs right at Steve Sergeant, up at Bumpass.

[Tri Do]

I'm so sorry for your loss, Mark. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

Tri

[Richard Ozer]

That is truly heartbreaking news. I'm without words. 

Mark, if you're out there, my deepest sympathies.

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[Arvind K]

This is shocking. Though I haven’t met Mimi directly, Mark has mentioned about her during a few of our outings. Sorry for the loss to the whole family. Deepest condolences. 

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[marek.c...@gmail.com]

My deepest condolences to Mark and to the whole family. I met Mimi a few times, and she was a genuinely good person. Good thoughts and mountains of sympathy are flowing to everyone who knew her.

[Mahesh Hooli]

My deepest condolences to Mark and his whole family. 

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[Matt Tarlach]

Oh no. 

I'm so sorry, Mark. Mimi's loss touches us all.

Matt Tarlach

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[Vignesh Balaji]

My deepest condolences. This is very unfortunate news. May she rest in peace.

Vignesh

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[Dan Wright]

Just shocking news. I met Mimi on several occasions, and still visualize her as being a kid.  But a husband and two beautiful young daughters left behind -- this is just cratering.  My sympathy and condolences to her entire family.  I feel sympathy also to her extended circle of friends and acquaintances, from her many walks of life, including in the astro community, that they must suffer and endure this loss.
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[Shashi Sathya]

So sorry to hear this...My deepest condolences to the bereaved family.

Shashi.

[Tim Lorz]

Very sad indeed - my heartfelt condolences. As a dad of a teenage girl and a tween son, my heart aches for you, Mark. May you and Mimi's family find peace and hope at this time.

- Tim

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[KG]

Deeply saddened to hear the tragic event Mark. My heartfelt condolences to your family.  Gopal

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[Stacy Jo McDermott]

I'm stunned - trying to grasp the magnitude of this news.

Mark, I'm so very sorry - no words, just sadness for you and yours.

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[Stephen Migol]

Mark,

I witness the outpouring of all the good friends in the hobby reaching out to express the common empathy with your family's loss.  This shows yours and Mimi's impact and how much she will be missed.

I look forward to seeing you in person again somewhere under the stars and hope that I'll have the right words to say then.

Until then, my thoughts are with you and family.

Best,

Stephen Migol

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[John Pierce]

I hope someone is copying Mark on all these condolences, as AFAIK he unsubscribed from this list some time ago

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[Jeff Gortatowsky]

Sorry to hear this. Having had a loss myself, I know the pain.

Clear Skies Mimi - forever.

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[Jamie Dillon, DDK]

Scott Harrington, all the way from Arkansas, asked me very politely to post this for him here -

I never met Mimi Wagner, but have always remembered her from the Sky & Telescope article. Like Albert Einstein, she had the honor of being one of the few people to ever grace the cover of the magazine. And of all the issues in my Dad’s old collection, it was an early favorite of mine because when I first read it, she was younger than myself. However, I was reading it around 2008, at a time when I was 14 and she was 20.

To hear that she is now not with us is hard for me to comprehend. I’m distressed. I can’t even begin to imagine what her father, husband, close friends, and children must be going through. She touched so many lives – including my own – and I’m thankful for it.

Scott Harrington

Evening Shade, AR