Obituary for David H Adler

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 =head1 Obituary
 
-XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has
-died, add a short obituary here.
+David H. Adler (DHA) passed away on November 16, 2021.  David co-founded the
+Perl Mongers in 1998 and was the long-time leader of its New York City
+chapter.  He was a frequent attendee at Perl conferences in both North
+America and Europe and well known for his role in organizing I<Bad Movie
+Night> celebrations at those conferences.  He also contributed to the work of
+the Perl Foundation.  He will be sorely missed.
 
 =head1 Acknowledgements