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Title: Vale Les
Post by: Alan W on November 03, 2021, 01:10:59 PM

As she mentioned in another topic, Moyra (auntiemo) sent a personal message to Les to check that he was all right. She received this reply, which she passed on to me.

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Good morning,
This is Sharee, Les' niece. I have some sad news. Uncle Les suddenly passed away on the 21 October. He had a heart attack, triple bypass surgery but sadly was not strong enough to come back to us. His funeral was yesterday.
Regards
Sharee

This is sad news indeed.

During two periods of forum membership, Les was a prolific contributor. He shared with us some of his life story. He took a warm interest in other forum members, which is a big part of the reason that the "More or Les" thread that he started took off and continues to this day as a lively topic. More recently he started a topic dedicated to the 7-by-many puzzle, but without his daily comments on players' achievements, the thread has been dormant over recent weeks.

I'm sure others will want to post tributes and memories of Les.

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Post by: 2dognight on November 03, 2021, 01:26:25 PM

There will never be another Les.  Will miss his posts, usually had good laugh

Miss you mate

Carol

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Post by: auntiemo on November 03, 2021, 02:19:09 PM

Lovely sentiments, Alan. I hope Sharee sees this and passes our thoughts on to Les' family.

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Post by: blackrockrose on November 03, 2021, 04:12:13 PM

I thought Les would come back to us again, and it's a shock to find that he won't.

He was a genuine character, and I don't think there's a single forum regular that won't miss him.

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Post by: lilys field on November 03, 2021, 04:20:22 PM

Sad,sad news. Big hearted spirit, spinner of tales, hugely generous.  VAya con Dios,Mate, Les 303

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Post by: ridethetalk on November 03, 2021, 04:49:45 PM

Such sad, sad news - I've only been on the forum a short while but Les was a large part of what made the forum what it is...

His humour and generosity will be sorely missed!

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Post by: Jacki on November 03, 2021, 05:25:29 PM

Les made me laugh every day. I will miss him greatly. A real character and larger than life. That’s very sad news.

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Post by: Morbius on November 03, 2021, 06:49:07 PM

The saddest news.  RIP Les.  The friendliest forumite ever.  :'( 

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Post by: Leedscot on November 03, 2021, 08:17:25 PM

Such sad news. I’ll miss him, as will so many others. RIP Sir Les. We should all wish to be remembered so fondly by so many.

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Post by: Hobbit on November 03, 2021, 08:43:18 PM

I felt very sad when I read this news this morning.  Like Rose I thought Les would come back to us.  He was a real character & will be missed by us all. My condolences to his family.
RIP Les

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Post by: Dragonman on November 03, 2021, 09:14:20 PM

RIP Les.
Will be sorely missed.
Condolences to his family.

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Post by: Ozzyjack on November 03, 2021, 10:05:05 PM

Les was a larrikin but a very charming and likeable larrikin.   

It is a pity that we cannot let his family know how much we appreciated him and miss him but it is good that we can share a tribute to him among ourselves.

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal
Friendship leaves a memory no one can steal

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Post by: jancsika on November 03, 2021, 10:35:47 PM

That is sad news indeed. His blow-by-blow analyses of the 7-by-many races added an extra and entertaining dimension to the puzzles, which I for one miss. Condolences to his family.

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Post by: yelnats on November 03, 2021, 10:43:19 PM

Very sad news.

I will always remember Les' reaction to my email to him when I addressed him as "hey sweetie" when he hadn't got "saccharin".

A forumite to remember.

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Post by: Linda on November 04, 2021, 12:18:48 AM

Very sad news indeed.  Les sounded like a great character and his posts will be sorely missed.

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Post by: whisky on November 04, 2021, 07:40:49 AM

Les will be sadly missed.
Kind wishes to family.

Michael

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Post by: Maudland on November 04, 2021, 11:14:53 AM

Oh no, that is sad news indeed.
Larger than life is a good description - funny, opinionated and always cheering everyone on and up. He will be so missed.
RIP Les.

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Post by: Tom on November 04, 2021, 12:05:29 PM

So sorry to hear of Les' death. He certainly brightened up the forum. I think he would have been a wonderful man to have known.

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Post by: guiltypleasure on November 04, 2021, 12:19:56 PM

It's just too sad hearing about Les - I haven't stopped thinking about it since reading of his passing yesterday.  He was such a character with his comments, but also a true gentleman.  He'll be sorely missed by the Chihuahua community.

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Post by: doxydaisy on November 04, 2021, 03:53:34 PM

I'm shocked and very much saddened to hear of Les's passing. I like many of you thought he was just giving chi a miss for a while as he has done in the past. Never dreamt in a million years that it would be so final and my last post to him was asking for a red hot tip to which there was no reply. I will miss his friendly banter, wonderful sense of humour and his daily comments on players' achievements in the 7-by-many puzzles to which Alan referred. He will be sorely missed here in the forum and my thoughts go out to his family. RIP Les

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Post by: Matilda on November 04, 2021, 06:12:28 PM

So sad. I too will miss Les's posts and his larrikin spirit.
Deepest sympathy to his family and many, many friends.
Elizabeth

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Post by: auntiemo on November 04, 2021, 10:35:14 PM

I thought I should pass this on.....This is a little bit of a lovely message I received from Les' niece. Alan sent her the link so she could read the Forum posts.

"Thankyou to everybody. You've got no idea how much this makes my heart sing. I know he was amazing, but now he shines just a little bit brighter."
Moyra

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Post by: pat on November 05, 2021, 12:30:23 AM

Les's unexplained absence from the forum was perhaps an indication that some ill had befallen him but it's sad to have it confirmed.

Condolences to his family.

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Post by: nineoaks on November 05, 2021, 04:55:03 AM

So sorry to hear that his big generous heart has stopped. What a guy! Farewell, Les.

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Post by: birdy on December 06, 2021, 05:08:39 PM

So sad to hear this news, however belated.*  I always enjoyed Les's participation - he sure livened up the posts. He will certainly be missed.


* (I haven't been on the forum for over a month - can't believe it)