I'm shocked! This was so unexpected it took me a minute to comprehend what I was reading.
I met with Pat at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC in 2007, it was a pleasure meeting with him and reading his numerous passionate posts to this list. I'll miss his presence and knowledge. My sympathies to your family Wendy. Michael Payne On 17/07/2011, at 17:32 , Pat Naughtin wrote: > Dear all, > > It is with great sadness that I write to tell you that my beloved Pat died > on Saturday July 16. > > He was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer in March 2010, and had > chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and survived a large operation last year. > Throughout he not only continued his correspondence and newsletters, he also > gave talks to groups all over Victoria, some as large as 400 to 600 people, > and some as small as 20, urging people to have a bowel scan. Bowel cancer has > one of the best survival rates if detected early. Pat's Rotary club actively > promoted scans and Pat helped in their promotion, but never had one himself. > > There will be two more newsletters, as Pat wanted to finish them at 100 – he > was only sorry that this wouldn't happen in October! > > In honour of Pat please have a bowel scan. > > Wendy Pomroy >
