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Actel announced that Chief Financial Officer Jon Anderson 9pictured) died unexpectedly Monday from complications following a recent hospitalization, according to a press release the company put out Wednesday. He was 50 years old.

Anderson joined Actel in 1998 as controller and had been CFO since August 2001. From 1987 until joining Actel, he worked at National Semiconductor, ending his time there as director of dinance for its local area networks division. He served as an auditor with the accounting firm of Touche Ross & Co. from 1982 to 1986. and had been with the Mountain View maker of programmable chips since 1998.

John East, Actel’s chief executive said in a statement:

“Jon’s death comes as a great shock to the Actel family. Jon was a good guy with a wonderful family and an unfailing sense of humor who excelled at his job. He was our friend. We grieve Jon’s passing and send our deepest condolences to his family.”

The duties of the chief financial officer will be assumed on an interim basis by Dirk Sodestrom, Controller, who previously served as a chief financial officer for five years.