What? Did he have cancer and go on this walk knowing he was at deaths door, or was his death by unrelated causes? I know people who have walked the Machu Picchu trail and you need to be prepared for the altitude, which can be punishing for the heart. Ecoinka is at 8,900 feet, just a bit shy of Quito in Ecuador where I got a headache straight off the plane, when I was a young man. RIP Eddie.
I don’t believe that he was ill. I was recently chatting with Lyn Jones (former Neath, Ospreys and Russia coach) who I’ve known for almost 30 years. Lyn successfully overcame Prostate Cancer and was due to go to Machu Picchu. I guess that Lyn must have been one of the touring party.
The former England hooker Brian Moore paid tribute to his friend and BBC colleague on social media. “I am devastated by this news,” Moore tweeted. “Ed, I’m sorry I never told you how much I admired you as a broadcaster and as a man. Well, it wasn’t like that between us, was it. Condolences to Sue and your family. Sport has lost an iconic voice. I have lost a very dear friend. Goodbye Edward.”
Really sad news, I had no idea he was so ill. Wales vs England matches will never be the same again without the Butler-Moore banter. RIP
Really sad, and only 65. His was the voice of rugby internationals, as Bill McLaren's was before him. He'll be sorely missed. RIP
Eddie filled the void left by the great Bill McLaren, his knowledge of rugby in particular and other sports made it a pleasure to watch and listen...... He will be sorely missed........
A game a few years ago when Adam Jones was playing for Wales in red boots:- Moore : "A prop playing in red boots - that would never have happened in your day at Pontypool, Eddie?" Butler : "Well, not at the start of the match....."
No not Paul Sartin. RIP a very talented musician, teacher, composer and arranger, author, folk song collector. Saw him in Bellowhead, Faustus and Balthasaars Feast... he was always incredible...a really talented and amicable person, who seemed so happy doing what he loved. He was so approachable and friendly A sad sad loss and so young. RIP..
Great Escape prisoner Vyvyan Howard, dies aged 102 A World War 2 pilot, who was a prisoner of war at the camp made famous by the film The Great Escape, has died aged 102. Captain Vyvyan Howard, from Banbury, was captured and held at the German Stalag Luft III camp after his plane was shot down in 1941. During that time, he aided attempts to dig tunnels under the perimeter fences. His family paid tribute to his "quiet wisdom" following his death at a nursing home in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Mr Howard joined the Royal Navy as a pilot shortly before the start of World War 2 and was shot down and captured in the ill-fated Kirkenes raid in the north of Norway. please log in to view this image Captain Howard had 36 years' service with the Royal Navy before his retirement He spent two-and-a-half years at the Nazis' Stalag Luft III POW camp in Lower Silesia, now part of Poland. During that time, he helped in escape attempts immortalised in the films, The Wooden Horse and the Great Escape. In the wooden horse attempt, he and others continuously jumped over a vaulting horse which covered the trap door to an escape tunnel. While not among those who made it clear of the camp during the 1944 Great Escape, he used his fluent German to engage the guards in conversation to distract them from covert digging of tunnels - codenamed Tom, Dick and Harry. In January 1945 the camp was marched westward in treacherous winter conditions in the so-called Long March, before being liberated by British forces at Lubeck in May. please log in to view this image Image caption, This photograph shows the moment Vyvyan Howard and others were captured in 1941 Mr Howard later said he owed his life to advice from a Polish soldier who told him "don't ever take your boots off", to prevent his feet from swelling. After the war, he continued his career in the Fleet Air Arm after the war and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for gallantry during the Suez Crisis. His knowledge of Polish, picked up in the POW camp, led him to become a naval translator and he eventually became the British Naval Attaché in Bonn, West Germany. Recalling his wartime experiences on his 100th birthday in 2019 he said: "It was bloody awful but you were in it and that was it - you couldn't just walk out of the door." His son, also called Vyvyan, said: "In common with a lot of people of that generation, a lot of the war experiences only came out later in life. "He had a quiet wisdom - family came first. He was a wonderful man," he added. A funeral service for Captain Howard is due to be held at Mollington Parish Church on 30 September
Jazz sax legend Pharoah Sanders passed on and will be jamming with his peers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63022089
A sad way to end up. Went on to be a great writer, and will never forget the film with Daltrey playing him and the music from the Who
