The stories below complement the official obituaries:
- Montreal Gazette
- Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Paleontology - by Michael W. Caldwell and Hans C. E. Larsson
And this short video from CTV News Montreal
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Very sad news. He is the reason I am at McGill. Can’t thank him enough for his support and dedication to Paleontology, EvoDevo, and Evolutionary Biology. He will be sorely missed. @BioMcGill @mcgillu— Ehab Abouheif (@ehab_abouheif) April 8, 2020
Bob had a bushy black beard in those days and the sight of him performing this song at full throttle transfixed the audience every time.— Andrew Hendry (@EcoEvoEvoEco) April 20, 2020
-Graham
I still hear his voice when he asked us if the shark skeleton in the front was male or female. I raised my hand shepeshisly and said female. Dr.Carroll’s voice boomed back “good god man, haven’t you seen the statue of David?! It’s a maaaaaallllleeee!” We all laughed pretty hard.— Prosanta Chakrabarty (@PREAUX_FISH) April 8, 2020
First Jenny Clack and now Bob Carroll; two top-tier scientists in palaeontology lost recently; the latter to COVID-19, I hear. Bob's book here was the focus of a fantastic grad seminar we had at Berkeley back in the day. pic.twitter.com/2ZMPCV6vs9— Professor John R. Hutchinson (@JohnRHutchinson) April 8, 2020
My PhD supervisor, mentor, and friend Bob Carroll has passed away. He had been suffering for many years from the scourge of dementia and it was in a care home where Covid-19 found him.— Jason S. Anderson (@jsanderso) April 8, 2020
Picture @mcgillu with his first and last students, Robert Reisz and Nadia Froebisch pic.twitter.com/8LIKCPsRWA
Favourite Bob quote, "If you are going to be unreasonable, be unreasonable ON A LARGE SCALE!"— Jason S. Anderson (@jsanderso) April 10, 2020
that I help him "Make it go back!" (repeated several times, loudly). I told him to "control-z" which he slowly did, was satisfied with the results, and then turned back to his work. I, and my question, no longer existed.— Jason S. Anderson (@jsanderso) April 9, 2020
that I help him "Make it go back!" (repeated several times, loudly). I told him to "control-z" which he slowly did, was satisfied with the results, and then turned back to his work. I, and my question, no longer existed.— Jason S. Anderson (@jsanderso) April 9, 2020
Just learned of the passing of a palaeontology icon: Bob Carroll. He cast such a giant shadow in our field, especially in Canada, where he supervised my Masters and PhD advisors along with many others.— Aaron LeBlanc (@AaronLeBlanc6) April 8, 2020
Robert Reisz (my PhD advisor), Bob Carroll, and I at CSVP in 2014. pic.twitter.com/FC4Xqwpcf2
His voice saying “plesiosaur” is still burned in my brain after almost 30 years.— Andrew McAdam (@McAdam_lab) April 9, 2020
Another lasting memory was his compelling (and loud) rendition of 'Its a long way from Amphioxous'. A show stopper if there ever was one. It always brought the house down. #evolutionshowtunes https://t.co/7pmbDjDXGk— Rees Kassen (@ReesKassen) April 9, 2020
He signed my copy of the Lepospondyl volume "In the hopes for the perfect cladogram!"— Jason S. Anderson (@jsanderso) April 9, 2020
Very sad to hear this. He had a huge impact on so many, myself included. I’ll forever remember him standing in front of hundreds of #evolution students @mcgill and screaming that bacteria had done nothing interesting in 3.5 billion years. https://t.co/F0hKypVeeW— Rees Kassen (@ReesKassen) April 9, 2020
Initially described by Robert Broom, Heleosaurus was redescribed in great detail by Bob Carroll (in the Loris Russell festschrift, which is well worth reading in full: https://t.co/AuEy04zR1g). pic.twitter.com/PEA0etOIrq— Christian Kammerer (@Synapsida) April 10, 2020
One of the greatest textbooks, thanks Bob Carroll RIP https://t.co/gV1NbFNjmx pic.twitter.com/E58uoNP3As— Jose Avila (@josavilac) April 9, 2020
#ThrowbackThursday Hope this doesn't trivialize his passing, Bob Carroll (1938-2020) had a huge impact on vert paleo. His accomplished students will provide more, but Bob's influence extended to those who didn't stay in his specialty, speaks to his generosity as a mentor for all. pic.twitter.com/xhgQcszeUJ— Dr. Tony Fiorillo (@Paleo_Fiorillo) April 9, 2020
I've been part of the Redpath Museum community for quite some time. It's sad to hear of Bob Carroll's death. I enjoyed him in my life, even if it was often just passing on the stairs or hearing his voice through the gallery. My heart goes out to those suffering with this loss. https://t.co/7Z4IO5X610— Donald A. Fowler PhD (@evodevodon) April 8, 2020
I used to work in the Redpath Museum on the same floor as Bob back when the office walls didn't reach the ceiling and hearing Bob singing from across the gallery was quite lovely. -Torsten Bernhardt
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