<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dear Sue,</div><div><br></div>Kay and I are very sorry to hear about Geoff’s health issues over the last decade. We both have happy memories of working with him at TVC. He and I were in Pres Control the night that Diana died and his calm and professional approach is what I remember most about that turbulent (and very long) shift.<div><br></div><div>The picture you paint of a determined character enjoying a truffle lobster lunch and living life as he wanted is brilliant. Good for him!</div><div><br></div><div>Condolences to you and Holly at this difficult time.<br><br><div dir="ltr"><b>Ian Stubbs and Kay Benbow</b><div><br></div><div>ian@poges.co.uk<br><div>07515 376626</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 7 Aug 2020, at 10:44, Sue Howard via Pres <pres@tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Thanks Martin, </div><div>Geoff and I were still good friends, and we had enjoyed a truffle lobster lunch a week ago, and I had rung him the night before he died to talk about our daughter Holly.</div><div><br></div><div>He lived his life exactly as he wished… and luckily died as he would have chosen too.</div><div>I remember very well our great fun times together working on NC1 and drinking in the Bar on he 4th floor… happy days!</div><div>Geoff had been very ill since he came back from London for the past 10 years… he battled it well, and was the only person we all know who moved from a nursing home 14 months ago to a very smart over 55s retirement home, which he loved!</div><div>A very determined personality!!</div><div><div><div><br></div><div style="margin: 0px 0cm 0pt; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12px; ">Sue Howard</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0cm 0pt; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12px; ">1/19 Olympia Road | Naremburn, NSW 2065 Australia</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0cm 0pt; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12px; ">M: 0431 966 570 | E:susan.howard18@bigpond.com</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0cm 0pt; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12px; "><br></span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px 0cm 0pt; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12px; "><br></span></span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Pres <<a href="mailto:pres-bounces@tech-ops.co.uk">pres-bounces@tech-ops.co.uk</a>> on behalf of MARTIN EVERARD via Pres <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> MARTIN EVERARD <<a href="mailto:mreverard@btinternet.com">mreverard@btinternet.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Friday, 7 August 2020 at 7:20 pm<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Warwick Cross <<a href="mailto:wmx@btopenworld.com">wmx@btopenworld.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [Pres] Geoff Howard<br></div><div><br></div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <div><div class="auto-created-dir-div" dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;"><style>p{margin:0}</style><br><div>Hi Warwick and Sue, of course,</div><div><p><br></p><p>Thank you for passing on this very sad news. It's been a long time since my days in NC1 with Geoff but memories still linger. Geoff must have been having a tough time but this seemed untimely. <br></p><p><br></p><p>My best wishes to Sue.</p><p><br></p><p>Martin Everard <br></p></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 2em; border-left:2px solid #00ADE5; white-space: pre-wrap "><br>------ Original Message ------<br>From: "Peter Dickson via Pres" <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a>><br>To: "Warwick Cross" <<a href="mailto:wmx@btopenworld.com">wmx@btopenworld.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a><br>Sent: Friday, 7 Aug, 20 At 09:57<br>Subject: Re: [Pres] Geoff Howard<br><br><div dir="auto">Very sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with his family today. Thanks for letting us know.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Peter<br><br><div dir="auto">Peter Dickson</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 7 Aug 2020, 09:40 Warwick Cross via Pres, <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk"><span class="wt_Email">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</span><span></span></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px rgb(204,204,204) solid;padding-left: 1.0ex;"><u></u> <div> <p dir="LTR"><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">Good mo</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">rning all.</font></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">I write bearing sad news.</font></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">Sue Howard (neé Bird) has been</font></span><span></span><span></span><span> <font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">in</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423"> touch to let us know that Geof</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">f Howard passed away</font></span><span></span><span></span><span> <font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">yesterday morning at 11.30 am (Sydney time). Geoff had been on a complicated medical journey over the past</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423"> few years and died</font></span><span></span><span></span><span> <font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">in his</font></span><span></span><span></span><span> <font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">relatively</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423"> new home at the Belrose Country Club</font></span><span></span><span></span><span> <font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">from a stroke whilst waiting for a taxi to take him to dialysis.</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423"> No</font></span><span></span><span></span><span> <font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">funeral</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423"> date has yet been set.</font></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">We have lost</font></span><span></span><span></span><span> <font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">a good friend and</font></span><span></span><span></span><span> <font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">one of the best voices to ever grace BBC output. A</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423"> true loss.</font></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">Sue is a member of this email group.</font></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423">I hope and trust you are all keeping safe and well.</font></span><span></span><span></span><span><font size="2" face="Segoe Print" color="#632423"></font></span><span></span><span></span><span> </span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span><b></b></span><span><b></b></span><b><span></span></b><b><span><font size="4" face="Monotype Corsiva" color="#008080">Warwick</font></span></b><span></span><span></span><span></span><span><font face="Calibri" color="#000000"> </font></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span></span></p> </div> -- <br> Pres mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Pres@tech-ops.co.uk" target="_blank"><span class="wt_Email">Pres@tech-ops.co.uk</span><span></span></a><br> <a href="http://tech-ops.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/pres_tech-ops.co.uk" target="_blank">http://tech-ops.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/pres_tech-ops.co.uk</a><br> </blockquote></div> <hr>-- <br>
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