John Richard Casani

I feel so blessed to have had the chance to know you Mr Casani! You were always the life of the party first to come last to leave and always with glass in hand! Cheers until we meet again The Big Swede!

A terrible loss. I worked for John at JPL as his PIO on Galileo from 1982 to 1986. He inspired me to return to college and pursue an engineering career...

This is a tremendous loss for all of us who worked with him. He lived a great long, productive and full life that we all could aspire to. His contributions to space exploration and the development of many of our careers were so important. It was always a thrill to see him every time our pathways happened to cross, which unfortunately was all too infrequently. He will be greatly missed!

John was one of the most brilliant and amazing human beings that we have ever known. Over the past 15 years, John was such a positive influence in our lives who provided valuable insight from his engineering experience, provided powerful leadership golden nuggets that were impactful, and shared wonderful stories of the flight mission projects that he led. Most importantly we had a special twin bond friendship with a true legend at JPL. John was always so friendly and would stop to strike...

Dear Charlie, Jason, Josh, Drew, and families: Brian, myself, and our children are devastated to hear of John´s passing. He and Lynn were so kind to me when I first came to California. We became really close over the years, and we still miss Lynn tremendously. Peace and love to all.

To a life well lived and blessed with a wonderful family.