"Linda B" wrote in message
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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.

As someone who regularly "lurks" but very rarely posts, I can only say how
sorry I am to hear this. A well respected member of the group, I always
enjoyed reading Mikes posts along with those of a few other regulars. Many
years ago, I had a vey interesting online discussion with Mike on
atmospheric physics issues on another science based newsgroup.

Please pass on my condolences along with all the others to his family.