On Jun 17, 4:09*pm, Richard Dixon wrote:
On 17 June, 11:16, Linda B
wrote:

I am so very sad to tell you that Mike died on Tuesday. As some of you may
know he had lung cancer and although he had one lung removed, followed by
chemotherapy and radiotherapy last year, another tumour had developed
fairly recently. This had caused swallowing and breathing problems and a
week or so ago, he had a stent put in his throat to ease the pressure and
help his breathing. Sadly, after this he developed pneumonia and it proved
too much for him. He died on Tuesday, his family all with him at the time.

The funeral is tomorrow and he will be buried with his first wife Wendy.. I
have today spoken with both Liz, his wife and his son Jamie and they asked
that I let you all know.

I am not usually subscribed to this group these days but will pass on any
messages to the family from here or if anyone wishes to email me. * * *


Could I please add my profound condolences to those of others.

From the very beginning I discovered this Group, Mike was so very
helpful in answering the various queries I had - many no doubt
ridiculously simple to one as experienced as he - in a quiet, factual
and gentle way. He never made me feel foolish, though I might well
have seemed so, and he was unstinting with his time. I looked forward
to his posts and the personal e-mails I did receive from him, over the
years. They were always a true mark of the man: Concise, factual,
informative and hugely generous.

He never became involved in backbiting and he used this newsgroup as
was always intended it should.

I will miss him.

If you will allow me to join with you all in our shared sense of loss.

And with my deepest sympathies to Mike's family and friends,

- Tom
Blackmore, SW Essex