i posted this news a few hours ago:

http://www.chess.com/news/memorial-match-4482

then chessbot7 came in and made this forum post 

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/devastating-news--dragon27-dead2

i had accepted a team challenge as well from team War and Peace as it was meant to be in memory of his brother that he claimed had died ... all of this is untrue!!

i feel completely sickened that this has happened and now chessbot7 has been banned and deleted from the group.