R.I.P. Josh Rodriquez.

I never met Josh, but we've so many mutual friends that it seems like I knew him very well. Our thoughts are with the bereaved. We're very, very sorry.

UPDATE: A city mourns loss of 'Neighborhood Josh', by Elizabeth Beilman (News and Tribune)

Josh Rodriquez, Jeffersonville City Councilman, dies at age 42

JEFFERSONVILLE — Community leader Josh Rodriquez, a Jeffersonville city councilman and recently elected Clark County Democrat Party chairman, died unexpectedly Wednesday. He was 42 years old.

Rodriquez was recovering from a heart-related event March 4 that resulted in him being admitted to Clark Memorial's intensive care unit. He was later transferred to Norton hospital in Louisville before being discharged. But an ambulance was called to his house Wednesday following a second cardiac episode.