Dear All,
Sad news. Ernst Mayr died on February 3, 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts. But he lived a very full and active life, and certainly earned his place among the giants of evolutionary biology. The link below connects to a report by Reuters.
--Ken
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20050204/sc_nm/people_mayr_dc