Right, so now all's well - I give you the most fitting tribute I've read so far.

And from a Smoggie no less.

http://robborobson.blogspot.com/2011/11/need-for-speed.html

Serious respect to Robbo for this.

Cheers again to Mick

Here's to the future

 

Why was his BBC blog cut? He was one of the rare things I liked on that site!

 

Did anyone else see Bryn Law break down crying on SSN when talking about Speed?

 

literally the best thing on the bbc. they can his blog but they keep lawro?

 

Agreed!! I could gouge Lawros eyes out with a teaspoon. That guy would make a very good troll (in both senses of the word)!

 

Yeah I saw that. Seeing Bryn Law, Savage and Given and how they've reacted is absolutely devastating and really makes you feel for them.

 

Did Bryn Law know him personally or was he just overcome with the emotion of it all? Must say a tear dripped down my face Sunday night as i lay there thinking about it, tragic.

 

Just read, Gary Speed has never suffered from depression, and he hadn't argued with his wife or anything before his death.

I know it's The Sun but this says a fair bit:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3966225/Gary-didnt-argue-with-wife-he-wasnt-depressed.html

All the people that knew him best thought he was happy as anything. Nothing adds up

 

Knew him personally.

http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/news/ssn-reporter-bryn-law-breaks-down-over-gary-speed-39767/

Has a video of the interview on there.

I'm still in complete shock over it still.

 

can you cut and paste Robbo's blog as blogspot's not available where I am?

 

Yeah, I used to read it too. Anyway it's from the north east, so clearly in these parlous times it has to be logically first thing on the chopping block. After all it's not like people in the clog wearing poverty stricken north have TVs. (And even if they do they probably don't pay the telly tax). Roll eyes and so forth.

 

Not read it but it just seems so strange and almost like something doesn't add up. I know people can hide their mental illness, but usually there are some small indicators that someone picks up on. But there was noting at all. Think that's what makes it more of a shock. We'll probably never know what really happened or why.

 

I pointed this out the other day. I doubt this was suicide. Sounds like auto-erotic-asphyxiation to me. Doesn't really matter, we don't need to know, but his death is probably accidental.

 

"I’ve got nowt funny to say today. Not one word humorous comment. Some of you’ll reckon there’s no change there, then".

It was obviously not funny, but the fact that he highlighted his ambition to say nothing funny in his preamble then immediately states a "no change there then", gag - surely he knows why he isn't a blogger on one of the most frequented websites anymore.

Needless to say I didn't read the rest. Hope it was interesting for those who did.