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.
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Best regards,
Alex Sarbu
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