There should be permanent memorials on this site for Elmo, Henshi and Lotus, but then again nobody's gonna take a 45+ year old's idea seriously on a gaming forum.
But for no one else on the forum who passes away before their time? Is it a measure of popularity? Contributions to the community? Personality? Dying sucks, and we all unfortunately go through it. But we can't put up memorial pages just for the people who were popular. All the other chopped liver out there wouldn't feel so loved or accepted, would they? Hell, if I died tomorrow, how many of you would shrug and laugh?
I understand the need to memorialize, but remember, in the passing of a life, the most important step is acceptance--moving on. Making a tribute is fine, but cementing it is not only an unhealthy extension of grieving, but it's also hard work. If a section like that was made, and two, three, six years down the line pass, we have to move to a new domain--who's going to maintain it? Transfer it? Update and monitor it? It may seem like a good idea now, but less and less people will visit it, and it will eventually be forgotten. You may love and respect each other, but Time doesn't care who any of us are. Our lives will fade, and so too, will the memories of those lives.
sorry to be a downer, but that's just the way it works.
