It is with great sadness that we learned last week that Richard Burford has passed away. This is a tragic loss for his family, for Acquia, the Drupal community, and the broader open source world. Richard was a Sr. Software Engineer at Acquia for three and a half years (I still remember him interviewing with me), and known as psynaptic in the Drupal community. Richard has been a member of the Drupal community for 9+ years. During that time, he contributed hundreds of patches across multiple projects, started a Drupal user group in his area and helped drive the Drupal community in the UK where he lived. Richard was a great person, a dedicated and hard-working colleague, a generous contributor to Drupal, and a friend. Richard was 36 years young with a wife and 3 children. He was the sole income earner for the family so a fundraising campaign has been started to help out his family during these difficult times; please consider contributing.