A colleague of mine .......

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  1. Andy Mac

    Andy Mac Well-Known Member

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    ............ sadly passed away on the 21st July. His funeral is next Wednesday. Such an unassuming, shy guy, the nicest bloke you could wish to meet. He would have hated to have ever made the headlines. Sadly, and posthumously, he has.</p>

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6927923.stm</p>

    RIP Paul.</p>

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    that's truly terrible

    especially as he was in remission as well

    many condolences
     
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    ..... I mistakenly believed funerals may get easier the more you go to. Wrong.</p>

    Paul was buried yesterday on a beautiful day in Birmingham. It was so difficult to accept saying goodbye to a 35 year-old. 35 !! FFS. His poor wife was in pieces. His 15 year-old son carried himself proudly. A promising footballer, he already seems to have assumed the air of man of the house and was a rock for his mum and his two young sisters. I have never seen so many people at a funeral. When his father sang a tribute at the service, I have never cried so much at a funeral either. If I get a quarter of the crowd at my gig, I'll consider myself a popular man.</p>

    Most of the flowers were in the claret and blue of Aston Villa, Pauls beloved football team. These were buried with him, along with the Villa &quot;Be Prepared&quot; flag which draped his coffin. Pauls roots were West Indian and whilst the women folk sang beautiful graveside hymns, the men of his family including his dad and his son, dug the soil and covered him up. To a man they were in tears. To a man they poured with sweat in silence until he was covered. Asleep. It was a beautiful send off but still so hard to accept.</p>

    The wake was at Villa Park (pitch looked immaculate by the way) and the tributes continued and I had the chance to meet his beautiful family. What fantastic, proud, God-fearing, close-knit people. </p>

    As he was officially in remission, his aim, until the tragic blunder a fortnight ago, was to go to Villa's first match of the season. No doubt he would have kept an eye on Barnsleys result too, so he could ring or mail meand rib me next Monday. Alas, he will take his seat instead in the great Holte End in the Sky.</p>

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    God bless.</p>
     
    Andy Mac, Aug 9, 2007
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    That is truly moving

    I have a tear in my eye now.</p>

    May he rest in peace.</p>
     
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