A sad loss

Started by sunjester, 22 September 2019, 09:44:12 AM

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sunjester

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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FierceKitty

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mollinary

Very sorry to hear that.
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Ithoriel

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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FierceKitty

I think it's never send to know for whom the bell tolls, innit?
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Ithoriel

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.
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

Steve J

My condolences to all concerned :(.

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FierceKitty

22 September 2019, 01:16:07 PM #12 Last Edit: 22 September 2019, 01:24:30 PM by FierceKitty
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
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

d_Guy

Sorry for his loss, condolences.
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