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Title: A sad loss
Post by: sunjester on 22 September 2019, 09:44:12 AM
Some of the esteemed members of this forum may have known Richard Tyson, my former partner in Behind the Lines and who also traded for many years on the UK show circuit as Richard Tyson Books.
Richard sadly lost his fight against cancer at the end of August. He was diagnosed about a year previously and originally given 6 months to live.

Richard was a very good friend and I will miss him.
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 22 September 2019, 09:45:45 AM
Condolences my friend.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 22 September 2019, 09:46:51 AM
Sorry to hear it.
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Post by: Shedman on 22 September 2019, 10:22:46 AM
My condolences
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Post by: mollinary on 22 September 2019, 10:25:24 AM
Very sorry to hear that.
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Post by: Ithoriel on 22 September 2019, 10:27:09 AM
Sorry to hear that.

Sadly, not a name I recognise but ... "send not for whom the bell tolls."

I hope you cherish many happy memories.
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Post by: Ben Waterhouse on 22 September 2019, 10:55:46 AM
RIP My condolences
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Post by: FierceKitty on 22 September 2019, 11:15:59 AM
I think it's never send to know for whom the bell tolls, innit?
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Post by: Nick the Lemming on 22 September 2019, 11:21:51 AM
My condolences.
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Post by: Ithoriel on 22 September 2019, 12:48:23 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 22 September 2019, 11:15:59 AM
I think it's never send to know for whom the bell tolls, innit?

Though I never knew Richard personally, yet I too am diminished by his passing.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
by
John Donne
   

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
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Post by: Steve J on 22 September 2019, 12:57:47 PM
My condolences to all concerned :(.
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Post by: petercooman on 22 September 2019, 01:13:39 PM
My condolences!
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Post by: FierceKitty on 22 September 2019, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 22 September 2019, 12:48:23 PM
Though I never knew Richard personally, yet I too am diminished by his passing.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
by
John Donne
   

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

Someone has taken a paragraph of one of the best pieces of religious prose ever written and disguised it as a free verse poem, I think. See http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/meditation17.php
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Post by: d_Guy on 22 September 2019, 03:11:09 PM
Sorry for his loss, condolences.
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Post by: Techno on 22 September 2019, 04:48:21 PM
 :(
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Post by: paulr on 22 September 2019, 07:38:27 PM
My condolences, treasure your memories of him
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Post by: mmcv on 22 September 2019, 08:43:07 PM
Sorry for your loss  :(
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Post by: Leon on 23 September 2019, 12:11:33 AM
Sorry to hear that.  :(
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Post by: pierre the shy on 23 September 2019, 02:53:10 AM
Sorry to hear that Sunjester....losing gaming freinds is never easy 😕
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Post by: Womble67 on 23 September 2019, 03:40:57 PM
My condolences

Take care

Andy
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Post by: Orcs on 23 September 2019, 11:16:17 PM
I first met Richard at Aylesbury war games club when I moved to Tring.  He helped me settle in the club and we were soon firm friends.  I often helped him at shows running his bookstall and have many fine volumes on my shelf are thanks to his generosity.
He was board gaming every Wednesday afternoon right up to the end.  Despite knowing he did not have long, each afternoon was full of banter and laughter.  that's how I will remember him.