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.
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.