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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"BBC Reith Sans","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oh that’s so sad – thanks for letting us know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"BBC Reith Sans","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Very fond memories of Geoff in NC1 - especially when I first started around the time of Diana’s death in 1997.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"BBC Reith Sans","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Such a pro – and a truly lovely man.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"BBC Reith Sans","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Much love to Sue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Pres [mailto:pres-bounces@tech-ops.co.uk]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Warwick Cross via Pres<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 August 2020 09:41<br>
<b>To:</b> pres@tech-ops.co.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pres] Geoff Howard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">Good morning all.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">I write bearing sad news.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">Sue Howard (ne้ Bird) has been</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">in touch to let us know that Geoff Howard passed away</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">yesterday morning at 11.30 am (Sydney time). Geoff had been on a complicated medical journey over the past few years and died</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">in his</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">relatively new home at the Belrose Country Club</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">from a stroke whilst waiting for a taxi to take him to dialysis. No</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">funeral date has yet been set.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">We have lost</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">a good friend and</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">one of the best voices to ever grace BBC output. A true loss.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">Sue is a member of this email group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#632423">I hope and trust you are all keeping safe and well.</span>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:teal">Warwick</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
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