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Nunogilberto

Arrived on honeymoon today after a great weekend, only to receive a call from a workmate to say an ex-boss of mine (only moved on in June) had died suddenly today in work, of a suspected heart attack.

He was a good bloke and leaves behind a wife and teenage daughter - he would have been 51 next weekend. He did more than anyone else to help and encourage me back into work last year after illness - for that I'll be forever in his debt.

RIP Dave - colleague and friend.

joneve

Shit really sorry for your loss mate.

Grunfeld

It’s good that you posted this. Gawd it makes you think. A good bloke with a wife and teenage daughter.

The thing is that at 50 years old you’re “too young to die”. So…

What do you want to do? What do you want to change?

Who are you?

What did you do?

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Nitefly

That's a tough break, mate, and I'm sorry to hear it.  

A similar thing happened to a mate of mine in 1999 - heart attack in bed Easter Sunday morning at 51.  It made us realisethat life was for living, so after we left the funeral service we went straight to a travel agent and booked our first ever holiday abroad.

Try not to let it spoil your honeymoon...

Cheers,

Al.

Phil_aka_Pip

Sympathies. Death is bad enough at the "end of a good innings". Too soon is worse.

johnnyurq

That is rough mate and no age at all.

Feel for his family and friends like yourself.

thomasross20

Yep, no age at all! Glad he helped you out and you're remembering him for it, and thoughts to his family. 

blueskunk

Very sorry man.

mike_l

Sorry to hear that fella.

spark240

Very sad...This sort of news always gets you thinking,.....jeeez...im 50 next year.

jellyroll

Sorry to hear that.

hubobulous

Sorry for your news. Treat each day like it's your last

mart

hubobulous said:

...Treat each day like it's your last

Bah! You say that, but that's what I did yesterday ... told the boss what I thought of him, and got a case of champagne and a couple of whores to share it with ... and now I'm unemployed, and the wife's really got the hump. 

Mind you, perhaps I shouldn't have asked her to take the empties out.

Seriously though, really sorry to hear of that. We had a colleague at work die suddenly a few years back. He was six months younger than me, with wife and two young kids. Still think about him a lot. Now, at least, along with the sadness there's a feeling of being really glad to have met him. But it's a real shock to get over.

richardhomer

Awful story - and given I'm 51 next birthday, one which resonates with me.

I'm very sorry to hear of your (and his friends' and family's) loss.

Sounds like he was a good guy - which makes it all the more sad.

Nunogilberto

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Still numb over it. I'm glad I told him recently how much he'd helped me get back into work.

holnrew

Sucks

Makes me think I need to stop being such a dick and enjoy life.

axisus

Real sorry to hear about that.

Emp_Fab

holnrew;365719" said:

Sucks

Makes me think I need to stop being such a dick and enjoy life.

Well my heart attack hasn't stopped me from being a dick!

mike_l

Nothing will stop Emp being a dick.

or me being a dick for that matter......

Rocker

Phil_aka_Pip;365481" said:

Sympathies. Death is bad enough at the "end of a good innings". Too soon is worse.

My condolences to all. And 50 is too young to die. RIP.