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One year ago today, we learned of the death of our dear friend and colleague, James Kim. James was, both at work and at home, a kind, intelligent, exuberant presence. We miss him very much.
To keep James' memory alive, we want to revisit the video tribute we created when we first heard the news. We hope you enjoy these video clips from CNET.com and Crave as much as we have.
In his honor, James' family and friends have established the James Kim Technology Foundation (JKTF). The foundation provides San Francisco public schools, and the children who attend them, access to emerging technologies like the ones James covered every day for CNET.com and Crave. You can learn more about JKTF at the foundation's Web site.
Hundreds showed up at a public memorial Saturday for CNET senior editor James Kim, who died of hypothermia in the snowy Oregon wilderness in December while seeking help for his stranded wife, Kati, and two young daughters, Penelope and Sabine. Family and friends, as well as strangers who had been touched by the Kims' tragedy, gathered under sunny skies at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park to reminisce about Kim, and to celebrate his life and legacy with drumming, dancing and arts and crafts for kids.
Speakers included CNET associate editor Jasmine France; Kim's widow, who was rescued along with the Kims' two young daughters; his sister, Eva Kim; and Andrew Hawn, who was Kim's supervisor at TechTV, where he worked as an on-air personality prior to joining CNET. Standing in the park's band shell before a colorful curtain of orgami cranes folded by family and friends, they recalled Kim as a devoted husband, father and friend and a dedicated technologist. At CNET, Kim covered digital audio and co-hosted a weekly video podcast for Crave.
Also at the memorial, The James Kim Technology Foundation was unveiled. More information on the fund, which will support technology education in public schools, can be found at www.jameskimtechfound.org.
This stuffed monkey is one auction item
(Credit: Kim Family Auction)A variety of eclectic art will be up for auction online starting Wednesday, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the James Kim Memorial Fund.
Arts and crafts by dozens of artists will be available on the 5-day auction--among them, Jill Bliss, a featured artist at Doe, the Kims' boutique located in the Lower Haight district of San Francisco. Along with Bliss, 43 other artists have contributed their work in efforts to raise money for the Kims.
In addition to painted goods, there will be prints, pottery, soft toys, stationery, clothing, jewelry, home accessories and more. All of the items on the auction's Typepad site will be up for sale on eBay, where prospective buyers will be able to bid. Click here for a preview of items available, and more information about the auction.
James Kim was one of CNET's most beloved personalities. For those of us who worked with him, he was our friend and a member of our family. An e-mail we got today shows that many of you felt the same way. It reads, "James came into my home once, sometimes twice a week, and he was like family."
In that spirit, we've put together a CNET TV playlist of some of the best James Kim videos we could find and a compilation of the moments that made us love him the most. James charmed everyone who met him or saw him on CNET or TechTV before that. Please join us in remembering James and his work. We will all miss him more than we can say.
UPDATE: The body of missing CNET editor James Kim has been located, authorities announced Wednesday.
Arrangements are being made to transport Kim to the Oregon State Police office in the town of Central Point, Ore., for a medical examination, according to police, and autopsy results may be completed by Thursday. He had been missing in the remote southwestern Oregon wilderness for 11 days and was found at approximately noon Wednesday about half a mile from the Rogue River, authorities said.
Kim, 35, left his family's stranded car Saturday morning in search of help and never returned. He apparently traveled in an 8-mile circle and was found less than a mile, separated by a sheer cliff, from where his family's station wagon had gotten stuck in the snow. Officers said there was no way to determine whether he was trying to return to his starting point or if he became disoriented.
"He was very motivated...he traveled a long way," Josephine County Undersheriff Brian Anderson said.
The Kim family has asked that it not be contacted, and that flowers and donations not be sent at this time. Once the family has decided how they want Kim to be honored, CNET will release details.
His 30-year-old wife, Kati, and daughters Penelope (4 years) and Sabine (7 months) were rescued in good condition Monday and have been reunited with family members. Kati Kim suffered frostbite on two toes but will not lose them, according to a close family friend.
"They have been true champions throughout this whole ordeal," Lt. Gregg Hastings of the Oregon State Police said of the Kim family. "We just want them to know our thoughts and our prayers have been with them from day one."
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