Eh, I'm not sad he's gone. For several months now I've skipped past his comments, and responses to his comments, whenever I see them. He seemed unable to make a post that didn't express aggression or contempt, and he usually made it very clear that whoever he was responding to was an idiot, either expressly or very heavily implied. There are plenty of other people on the forum who can and will say that typically, paying off a mortgage early is not optimal, and they can say it more respectfully.
Plus, he never used punctuation. :)