Sad news indeed.
When I discovered MFME around 10 years ago, Wizard had left the community, so I never got to speak to him.
And when I popped in to see what layouts were being made from time to time, and noticed he was back and updating MFME again, I was never around long enough to get to know him.
But it's clear that he had a lot of friends here.
The software that he created, and the community that built up around it is something to be proud of.
I hope he was.
RIP mate.