By Elinor Mills
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: September 22, 2006, 4:00 AM PDT
William Talcott, a prominent San Francisco poet with dual Irish citizenship, had fans all over the world. But when he died in June of bone marrow cancer, his daughter couldn't notify most of his contacts because his e-mail account--and the online address book he used--was locked up.
Talcott, 69, a friend of beatnik Neil Cassidy, apparently took his password to the grave.
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Family members are increasingly unable to access important data because their loved ones have not left passwords behind.
"He did not keep a hard copy address book. I think everything was online," said Talcott's daughter, Julie Talcott-Fuller. "There were people he knew that I haven't been able to contact. It's been very hard."
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