Bill Thompson III - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Thompson_III

The editor and publisher of Birdwatchers Digest gone too soon at age 56 from pancreatic cancer. A birding icon of the north midwest and birding travels. Too bad.RIP.

https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/connect/youngbirders/top-ten-reasons-to-become-birder.php