We seem to be living in a time of sad news. I only met Brian on a handful of occasions, but he immediately made an impression on me as real character and a Wikimedian passionate about Wikinews. The projects will sorely miss him.
-- Doug > On 28 July 2020 at 11:17 Stevie Benton <stevie.d.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is awful news. I don't use Facebook these days so I hadn't heard. I > remember going to Edinburgh to do a talk years ago and spending some time > with Brian. He had a wicked sense of humour and was passionate about social > justice. And interesting taste in hats. He'll be missed. > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:10 AM Mike Peel < em...@mikepeel.net > mailto:em...@mikepeel.net > wrote: > > ?space?--From his non-wiki friends on Facebook, apparently he passed > suddenly on the 4th July. He was due to start cancer treatment shortly after then. Possibly he had COVID, but it is not clear. RIP. Mike On 28/07/2020 10:10:44, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Some sad news - it seems that Brian has passed away. I'm seeing > tributes from a number of his friends on his Facebook page. > > Does anyone know more? > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org mailto:wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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