From the Bairn -Foggy

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God bless @foggy, and thoughts are with you “the bairn”, as you are known to us, and your family. Although it’s an awful subject, and horrible experience for you all to go through, I have always read your dad’s posts fondly and with admiration for him, to bravely expose this unfair side of his life to us and inject some of his humour into it too. He had a great writing style, which I and no doubt many others will truly miss. x
 


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This is Becky, foggy's daughter.

I'm so sorry to tell you all that my Dad passed away last Monday on October 12th.

I don't think I need to tell you how amazing he was. Despite suffering two strokes at the end of September and being left only able to speak a few words at a time, he was still cracking jokes right to the end. We managed to bring him home from the hospital, to be cared for where he was comfortable and where we were able to visit him. He passed there, in his home, surrounded by his closest family.

The words strong or brave don't really do him justice in my mind. Though he very much deserved it, he never wanted any attention or praise, and so I'm going to observe his wish to maintain anonymity. I would like to genuinely thank you all for your support over the last three and a half years. I know it meant a lot to him. He taught me to appreciate what I have, to be independent and proud but always humble, and I still can't quite imagine going through life without him. I'm so glad I have this place to revisit, to hear him through his writing. I smile a little bit to think he didn't realise that I already knew how much he swore.

The funeral is on Friday afternoon. If you would like to do anything, please raise a glass, or, better yet, a cuppa, to Foggy at 3:30pm. I'm sure he would have loved that.

Thank you again.
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He was a sound bloke, always stayed positive yet could articulate what was important to him-family - in fact his insight has aided me in putting work and career to the side and focusing only on family - exactly what he did - RIP
 
RIP Foggy.

It's funny, as a daily lurker more than a poster I never interact with many people on here, but I always read Foggy's updates. All the best to his family.
 
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RIP Foggy. I didn't know him at all apart from on here but he seemed like a truly inspirational bloke. His posts about his illness and everything else were so touching and thought provoking. Stay strong.
 
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