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Gordon Smith, popular inventor of the KISS rebreather, dies from illness January 12, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Rebreathers , trackback

Sad news for family and friends of Gordon, who on monday, died of a non diving related illness. Here is the letter from the Jetsam website;

It is with much grief that I write this letter. Gordon Smith, President of Jetsam Technologies Ltd. has passed away. He died suddenly on Monday, January 9th of an illness. It was unexpected. This was in no way a diving related death or accident. At this time, the staff at Jetsam Technologies, the executer of his estate and I will be evaluating the business. At this point, no decision has been made with regards to Jetsam. During this evaluation period, the business will be open and staff will be there to answer any technical questions or help with any repairs. As this is an extremely difficult time for us, I ask that you please respect our privacy with regards to Gordon’s death.

Kim Smith

Gordon was the creator of the KISS rebreather, which is a Closed Circuit Rebreather operated manually rather than by electronics. Very sad news.