Fra_Diavolo

Sad news. He was always generous sharing his knowledge.

jill_h

A gentleman gone too soon.

cigalechanta

This is terrible news. I was a friend and he gave me as a present an autographed copy of his last Book. R.I.P. Stu, they don't make them like you anymore.

kja

Thank you, IMDonehere.

maitaitom

Social media is a crazy thing. I never met Stu. I never talked to Stu. I never emailed Stu. We probably exchanged each other on 40 - 50 posts over all these years.

Yet I felt like I knew Stu, and today is so sad knowing he is no longer with us. He was uniquely gifted in the written word with a terrific sense of humor.

Sue_xx_yy

Oh, no, not another wonderful person gone. I did so enjoy him. So long, Stu. Thank you Imdonehere for relaying the news.

Treesa

Please convey my condolences to his family and friends. He was a prince of a man.

IMDonehere

I appreciate your sentiments, but it is an odd and ironic I say, you're welcome.

ANUJ

Very sorry to hear, have benefited extensively from his travel advice and experience.

progol

Such sad news. I'm so sorry to hear this. He was very generous in sharing his passion for and knowledge of travel here on Fodors and he will be greatly missed. I never met him, but did enjoy exchanging some emails over the years.

My condolences to the family and his friends.

Gwendolynn

I so enjoyed reading his posts. Thank you for the photo, Nelson. He looks very much as I imagined him.

NoleNomad

Very sorry to read of Stu's passing. He was a valued contributor to this forum and will be greatly missed. RIP, Stu, and thank you.

iris1745

When I was in rehab last September, Stu called and it was a long conversation.

But not with me. I was so emotional I couldn't talk and my wife and Stu did all the talking.

My wife filled me in on Stu's concern for my health.

Never talked on the phone again, but many e-mails. Some with people that have been expelled from Fodor's.

I had posted his BD on Fodor's a few years ago, but he didn't want any future postings.

This person Stu, was a friend to anyone that wanted friendship.

LBloom

Conferences to Stu's family. He was a true ,mensch. Very instrumental in helping us plan our Hungary trip. Very sweet man guided us tremendously and asked us later how we enjoyed trip.

IMDonehere

I have passed along all the kind thoughts to his family who greatly appreciated all of them.

ekscrunchy

Just read this; thanks for letting us know. I first met him in Shanghai with his late wife Roz. Yes, a true mensch who will be missed.

kovsie

There are special people who make Fodor's the meaningful, informative, sometimes humourous, forum that we all keep returning to. Stu Tower was one of them. He will be missed.

unclegus

I have come back to this thread.
I was in Prague less than 2 weeks ago and went to visit the grave of Franz Kafka,Stu wrote in his book the Wayfarers of a fictional meeting of a couple of the characters with a young Kafka and I did discuss this with Stu.
I sat near the grave and had a chat with Kafka and hoped he was meeting up with my friend Stu and that the could talk about Prague and about writing................ I am sure they are.

Percy

Thank You unclegus

IMDonehere

If Stu was there you must have been at cemetery all day listening to stories. Stu liked the fact that I took a huge rubber bug with me to Prague and put it on Kafka's tombstone for a photo.