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PC Parrot · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:26 am Post subject: Sad News.

Those of you who are long timers will no doubt remember the formerly frequent poster, dmb.

He hadn't posted here for the last two years, but had been a busy contributor to the Turkey and ME forums prior to that.

Sadly, he has passed away.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry to hear that.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Sad news. I always enjoyed his sense of humor... reflected in his silly avatar. RIP Mr dmb.

VS

johnslat · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject:

DMB, you will be missed by many here. May you rest in peace.

Via con Dios,
John

Captain_Fil · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:39 am Post subject:

Never knew him. Never heard of him until now.

But his death still saddens me.

Sad

cmp45 · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 1475 Location: KSA

Suprised to hear about DMB! May he rest in peace.
He was a 'wise fool' ...his entertaining posts were often full of silly wit, but was also interlaced with wise and informative insights. He will be missed.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I met him in Istanbul when he was teaching there. He is missed.

guty · Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 365 Location: on holiday

RIP Damo, I was lucky enough to have worked with him in the Gulf. Truly one of life's good guys.

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

Oh no!

danydan · Joined: 09 Apr 2011 Posts: 5

sorry to hear this.

Shimokitazawa · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 458 Location: Saigon, Vietnam

PC Parrot · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 3:32 am Post subject:

He lost his battle with cancer.

I believe he was in his early forties.

Like people above have said, he was a professional - he had an MA TESOL, was a Delta trainer, and was pursuing further studies in the field of computational linguistics.

And as was also said, he was one of life's well-balanced good-guys.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

So young... I had always assumed that he was older than that. Our second Dave's "alumni" to die of cancer in the last year.

VS

Shimokitazawa · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 458 Location: Saigon, Vietnam

sharter · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 878 Location: All over the place

I'll try and find a bottle of 'Old Monk' and down it in his honour! He'd like that even though he stopped drinking some time ago.

It was a long battle with throat cancer, which eventually ended up in his ribs then lungs.

He helped me at a very hard time in my life-for that alone I'll always remember him as a mate and has been said, one of life's good guys.

Very highly qualified too!