His name is Tom Beidler and he died on the 27th of September 2012, he was known as the outgoing, friendly and energetic owner of Yobot in Helsinki, and he will be missed. Tom's obituary can be found here: http://muistot.hs.fi/muistokirjoitus/5153/tom-beidler (it's in Finnish)
and article I wrote about him can be found here: http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/9240
His blog: http://tbeidler.wordpress.com/
and here are some articles about him and Yobot:
Yogurt Fuels American Dream in Finland
For Sale Elements of Frozen Yoghurt
Take your pick
And in Finnish
Jogurttijaateloa Kaikenkielisille
Perhana Sentaan
Yobot Frozen Yoghurt tarjoaa hauskan ja terveellisen vaihtoehdon suomalaisten suosimalle jäätelölle
We will have a memorial for Tom outside of Yobot on the 31st of October 2012.
Everyone is welcome to join and you can find out more on Facebook
If you have any links or anything you would like to share, please contact me of post them in the comments section.
Thanks for reading,
Edna