Bill Goggins, RIP

Tim Cavanaugh | July 31, 2006

I'm sorry to report that William O. Goggins, longtime deputy editor of Wired magazine, died yesterday. The 43-year-old journalist collapsed of heart failure while running the San Francisco Marathon.

One of my countless career regrets was that I turned down a great offer from Wired back in the late nineties in order to keep chasing the white lady of a big dotcom ripoff. Bill was very cool before, during, and after that fiasco, and was a reliable good-time guy and great conversationalist. I always enjoyed hanging out with him. His writings for Wired are pretty sparsely represented on a quick Google search, but here's his complete Suck archive, my favorite of which is this Jack-Kemp-is-gay chestnut. I'll miss Bill.