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In memory of Steve O’Hear
- Steve O’Hear, a beloved former colleague of TechCrunch, has passed away after a short illness, he was 49.
- As a journalist, he brought his A-game every day, producing over 3,210 posts for TechCrunch, breaking tons of stories and writing grand features.
- Steve had significant health, mobility, and accessibility issues, being born with muscular dystrophy but remained a productive journalist and an unmistakable voice.
- He held a strong entrepreneurial streak and co-founded a semantic Q&A/search platform Beepl while working at TechCrunch.
- Steve was an excellent on-stage interviewer, a natural at TechCrunch, collaborating and helping others with their work.
- Before joining TechCrunch, Steve traveled to California in search of what made Silicon Valley 'tick', and made a film on his experience.
- He was also deeply passionate about music, building audio hardware, and releasing an album with friends.
- He later went back into startup land, working for quick commerce player Zapp, eventually founding his communications consultancy called O'Hear and Co.
- Steve was a fiercely independent, competitive, and proud journalist, but an exceptional team player and a friend.
- It's a huge loss, and he will be deeply missed by his colleagues, friends, his wife Sara, and his family.
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