Shannon Larratt is leaving BME. This blows my mind. I remember when he used to post ASCII art of various piercings on rec.arts.bodyart so that people would be able to know what each one was in a text-only era. The site came shortly after and is a huge empire/resource today.
I can't imagine building such a big, personal business and leaving it, but I also bet that it's hard to commit to staying at the same site for the rest of one's life.