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Alan W

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Vale Les
« 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #1 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

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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #2 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #3 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #4 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #5 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #6 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2021, 06:49:07 PM »
The saddest news.  RIP Les.  The friendliest forumite ever.  :'( 
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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #8 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #9 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2021, 09:14:20 PM »
RIP Les.
Will be sorely missed.
Condolences to his family.
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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #11 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #12 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #13 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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Re: Vale Les
« Reply #14 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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