His real name is Mike Yancey. He was the only person on CougarBoard that I had spoken to in real life. He and I worked together in Provo 10 or 11 years ago, and we had kept in touch ever since then. Just last night I was thinking about how I hadn't heard from him in a while, so I tried to look him up on Facebook. I found this post:
https://www.facebook.com/jennie.isom/posts/10154078211719340

Here's his obituary:
http://www.walkerspanishfork.com/obit/michael-scott-yancey/