Mario Bunge, the celebrated philosopher and physicist, passed away on February 24th. His Centenary Festschrift was held a few months ago, in September 2019. One can have an idea of his deep, astounding production from this obituary, by Michael Matthews - https://www.hpsst.com/uploads/6/2/9/3/62931075/bunge_obituary.pdf With my wife, we remember with great pleasure his company, his conversation, his friendship, while he stayed in Genoa with Marta in 1993-94, and more recently a few years ago. Our affection and participation to Marta, Eric and Silvia Marco and Maria Teresa Grandis [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]