From: spalding@iol.ie   
      
   Nick Spalding wrote, in    
    on Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:16:31 +0000:   
      
   > Sad news reported in aue by Mark Brader, one time regular poster Dave   
   > Hatunen died yesterday.  Mark had the information from Clive Feather,   
   > another old friend here I think.   
      
   Mark asks me to copy his posts here:   
      
   > Newsgroups: alt.usage.english   
   > Subject: Dave Hatunen near death   
   > From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)   
   >   
   > I received the following today from Clive Feather, a mutual friend   
   > of mine and Dave Hatunen's, and I'm posting it here with permission   
   > (after cleaning up a couple of typos).  Clive asks that if you want   
   > to respond off-group, you should email him, so I've put his address   
   > on the Reply-To line.   
   [I haven't done this, the address is at the bottom of the message]   
   >   
   > Clive writes:   
   >   
   >    I know you and Dave are in the same threads on Usenet sometimes.   
   >   
   >    About 3 years ago Dave discovered that he had prostate cancer.   
   >    He underwent treatment for it and things looked good, but in   
   >    August his PSA levels shot up again and he started another   
   >    course of radiotherapy.   
   >   
   >    On Thursday his wife Jan emailed us:   
   >   
   >    > David has been going downhill very fast since learning  about   
   >    > 9 weeks ago that his cancer has spread as far as his skull.   
   >    > He took a fall after I went to bed last Wednesday and had to go   
   >    > to hospital where he is still.  None of the drugs have worked   
   >    > on the cancer so far.  He is very confused and his memory is   
   >    > very bad.  There is nothing more to be done.  They have kept   
   >    > him on bed because of an old fracture from 3 years ago when he   
   >    > attempted to put a Christmas light back on the eaves by standing   
   >    > on a step ladder without assistance.  I cannot lift him or help   
   >    > him at this point.  He will probably need hospice help.   
   >   
   >    and last night this was followed up by:   
   >   
   >    > David is in hospice and docs say maybe a week.  He just sleeps   
   >    > and twitches and doesn't know when anyone is there.   
   >   
   >    ...   
   >    --   
   >    Clive D.W. Feather          | If you lie to the compiler,   
   >    Email: clive@davros.org     | it will get its revenge.   
   >    Web: http://www.davros.org  |   - Henry Spencer   
   >    Mobile: +44 7973 377646   
      
   Followed shortly by:   
      
   > Newsgroups: alt.usage.english   
   > Subject: Dave Hatunen dead   
   > From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)   
   >   
   > Earlier this afternoon, I forwarded:   
   >   
   > >    > David is in hospice and docs say maybe a week.   
   >   
   > Or maybe not.  I've just learned that he died a few hours before   
   > I posted that message.   
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