Although sad news, thank you Sao for posting on this.
Bill was truly inspirational and formed special relationships of support with a number of members. He will be sadly missed.
Here is an extract from a post I made on 19 July 2017, in response to a thread called (more or less) “Thinking of W Painter”, by Meravigliosa:
Originally Posted by
CaptainHaddock 
Mera, thank you very much for this thread.
Bill, I have not shared anything with you directly, but now want to say that you are a true inspiration! I have seen that you have supported so many people - relentlessly - such as Mera and Aiko. Thank you so much for that.
One would have thought that with so much sobriety under your belt, you might simply have gone on with your life and considered your job done, but no, you keep giving! That is wonderful!
I wish you, your wife and dog all the best and hope to be seeing many more of your posts.