On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:16:26 +0100, 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.

As I promised, I collated all of the replies to this post and sent them off
to Mike's wife and family.
Later I spoke to his daughter Catherine on the phone and then she emailed.
This is the relevant part of her response.

"I am blown away by how many people knew and truly respected my Dad. I am
so grateful to all his friends on the news groups as you all helped him
through some very difficult times, particularly when our Mum died and
recently with his battle against cancer. It really is a comfort to read
those comments and to know that others are sad too. "

I am familiar with a lot of the names of posters in here, so I wasn't quite
as surprised, but was touched by the messages. It was lovely to read all
the comments and it helps ease the sadness I feel, having known Mike for so
long.
I really miss him but the memories will live on always.

Thanks again from myself and on behalf of the family.
--
~~Linda~~