CKS

[Gary Anderson]

Some sad news regarding CKS. Chuck was diagnosed with cancer shortly before Christmas last year and is now in hospice care in Bellingham. Jan Hofland and I visited him this morning with Chuck’s son John helping with the conversation. He is still able to see visitors so if you’d like to visit contact John Kingsford-Smith at 360.920.4556.

Gary Anderson

[Gary Anderson]

CKS passed way yesterday….

> On Jun 1, 2026, at 3:36 PM, Gary Anderson <gary.and...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Some sad news regarding CKS. Chuck was diagnosed with cancer shortly before Christmas last year and is now in hospice care in Bellingham. Jan Hofland and I visited him this morning with Chuck’s son John helping with the conversation. He is still able to see visitors so if you’d like to visit contact John Kingsford-Smith at 360.920.4556.
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> Gary Anderson

[abbot...@aol.com]

Thanks for the update, Gary.  That's really sad news. CKS is a legend in his own right.

Fred

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[Neel Malik]

That is very sad indeed.  I found this news story about him and the answer to what happened to his dad a long time ago.

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mystery-legendary-aviators-1935-crash-likely-solved/281-1315c010-1be0-4723-b8ad-ccb751b25fdc

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[DENNIS FAERBER]

I remember Chuck from when I first joined the LID Lab in 1974. One of HP’s early technical pioneer/leaders and a great guy. Very sad news. 

Dennis Faerber

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[Inga Johnson]

Thank for update, Gary, and to Neel for the news interview of CKS.  I'll always remember his kindness. I've told others about how I admired him over the years - to me he was the epitomy of genius with humility and without bravado.  Rest in peace, CKS ❤️

~ Inga

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[Charles Potter]

Very sad news indeed.  Chuck was one of my favorite people.  I first met him when I joined HP in 73.  We worked together multiple times on different things. I always appreciated his analysis of things. He had the ability to look at ideas from unique angles, revealing extremely useful insights.  I also flew with him a few times.  One flight I copilotted had a little too much excitement.  But we made it through. I learned a lot about flying from him that night.

Charlie