Industry launches fundraising effort following death of social media pioneer Leslie Nassar
A GoFundMe page has been created to help the family of one of the pivotal figures in Australia’s social media industry who died in a car accident over the weekend.
The GoFundMe page for Leslie Nassar’s family
Leslie Nassar, the brains behind the ABC’s celebrated Q&A live Twitter feed and the satirical Department of Australia slot for Crikey, was walking with his children in the US when he was hit by a car whose driver was later arrested for allegedly leaving the scene of the accident.
A software engineer by background, Nassar went on to work on emerging technology with Telstra, on digital media with Victoria Police and as a long time consultant and technical producer to the ABC, particularly with Q&A.
Only a few weeks ago, I reached out for help on a mobile technology question, and Leslie was the person who responded first. He was as generous as he was funny, and he was very bloody funny. He’s going to be missed by a lot of people. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Hello Leslie’s family I’m not sure where else to put this but I want to say how amazing and inspiring Leslie was. He put creativity and wit into the heart of what can be at times a very sterile industry. He’ll be missed here and I’m sure by you all. Much love and respect, and our thoughts are with you.
He was everything we all should aspire to be: smart, honest, helpful and witty.
This is an enormous loss.
My thoughts are with his wife, children, family, friends and colleagues.
R.i.p Leslie .You will be missed by so many ..From back home in Morphett Vale, .South Australia