On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramar...@mac.com> wrote: > Some others on the PDML might recall Richard Day, whom I met in early 2005 on > the DPReview Pentax SLR forum. Several of us visited with Richard and his > wife Pat on a PDML get together in Oxford during the Spring of 2005. I've > visited Richard and Pat a few times since then when on my travels to the > British Isles, and we've stayed in frequent touch via email and letter. > > Richard's not been well the past couple of years and knew his time was > coming. He wrote me this past July to say farewell as he didn't know whether > he would make the year out or be able to communicate much further. He's been > in hospice for several weeks now. This morning I received this note from a > mutual friend of ours from London: > >> Sad to report that Richard died at 1.30 am today, local time. The final >> decline was very rapid but he was not in pain for long. I think he knew when >> I last saw him that he’d never make it home, but the hospice he was in was >> brilliant and they gave him fantastic care. >> >> Pat would like any donations to go to the Sue Ryder organisation who run >> this and other hospices. >> >> http://www.sueryder.org/What-we-do/Care-centres/Leckhampton-Court-Hospice > > Richard is survived by his wife, Pat, and by his sons and their families. All > fine people whom I have been honored to spend time with. He was a great > enthusiast for Pentax cameras and loved the pursuit of Photography in all its > forms. > > Godspeed, Richard, you will be missed. > > Godfrey
I'm sorry to hear that. I never had the pleasure of meeting Richard, nor even exchanging e-mails and talk about e.g. photography - but I remember his contribution, and his genuine love for photography. Rest in peace, Richard. -- Best regards, Alex Sarbu -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
