The RIP Thread

Barry Chuckle has died aged 73.
No more ...to me, to me

Sad , really sad

Sent from my STF-L09 using Tapatalk

 

Saw them in panto in Southampton last Christmas and they were great.

Gods of Comedy.

 

Very sad news.

RIP Barry

 

Young Aussie pro golfer lost his battle to cancer .............. Rest in peace, Jarrod Lyle.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My time was short, I hope it wasn't wasted': Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle dies aged 36 after losing his cancer battle - as his devastated wife reveals his last 'simple' message

• Jarrod Lyle, 36, died after a long battle with leukaemia on Wednesday night
• He had stopped active treatment last week to spend time with his daughters
• Lyle was diagnosed with cancer at age 17, beating it twice in 1998 and 2012
• In 2017 disease struck again, last week he decided to stop active treatment
• Briony Lyle shared her husband's last message in a statement on Thursday

By SAM DUNCAN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and AAP

PUBLISHED: 08:46 AEST, 9 August 2018 | UPDATED: 11:48 AEST, 9 August 2018

Champion Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle has died after a long battle with cancer.

The 36-year-old died peacefully at 8.20pm on Wednesday, after spending the last week of his life in Torquay, Victoria, surrounded by family.

His devastated wife Briony released a heartbreaking statement on Thursday morning containing a 'simple' last message from her husband thanking his supporters.

Lyle successfully beat cancer twice in 1998 and 2012 after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia as a 17-year-old, but the disease struck again last year.

Scroll down for video

please log in to view this image

+11
The 36-year-old died peacefully at 8.20pm on Wednesday, after spending the last week of his life in Torquay, Victoria, surrounded by family (pictured are Lyle and his daughters)

please log in to view this image

+11
Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle (pictured with wife Briony) has died after a battle with cancer

Last week Lyle made the decision to stop active treatment, choosing to spend his final days with his loved ones.

Lyle is survived by his daughters Lusi, 6, and Jemma, 2, and wife Briony, who made a moving statement after his death was announced.

'It breaks my heart to tell everyone that Jarrod is no longer with us,' she wrote.

'Lusi, Jemma and I are filled with grief and now must confront our lives without the greatest husband and father we could ever have wished for.

please log in to view this image

+11
Lyle (pictured) successfully beat cancer twice in 1998 and 2012 after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia as a 17-year-old

MORE THAN A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER: REMEMBERING JARROD LYLE 1981 - 2018

please log in to view this image

+11
Pictured: Jarrod Lyle with wife Briony and daughter Lusi before the 2013 Australian Masters where he made an emotional comeback to professional golf

Over the past 15-or-so summers, just about the best news any golf fan in Australia could hear was that Jarrod Lyle would be playing in the Masters or the Open, or anywhere at all.

Forget about Tiger Woods and the rest, if Lyle was playing it was a bonus, a special joy just to know the big, smiling guy from Shepparton was well enough to tee it up.

It didn't always happen, and won't again.

But an enormous legacy of inspiration remains for a man who repeatedly battled life-threatening illness with courage, grace and trademark generosity of spirit.

Lyle, who died on Wednesday aged 36, was first diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 1999 when he was 17 and a promising amateur golfer.

He spent much of the next nine months in Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital fighting the disease and it was another year after that before he could walk around a golf course.

When finally he was fit enough to play competitively he reduced his handicap to scratch by the time he turned 19 and a couple of years later won a Victorian Institute of Sport golf scholarship.

For the next few years it was as though he was making up for lost time. He turned professional in 2004, qualified for the Asian Tour within another year, and less than 12 months after that was playing in the US on the second-tier Web.com Tour.

In his first season he finished 18th in the money list, earning himself a ticket to play on the US PGA Tour for 2007.

The vagaries of golf came into play and Lyle finished his first season on the world's most lucrative golf circuit in 164th place on the money list and had to drop back a level to what had been renamed as the Nationwide Tour.

With experience by then to match his natural ability, Lyle won two Nationwide events in 2008, finishing fourth on the money list and again being elevated to the US PGA Tour.

In 2011 he lost his tour card again but earned it back at qualifying school then achieved his best PGA Tour result of tied fourth in Los Angeles early in 2012.

By now Lyle had married Briony and the pair returned to Australia in March 2012 for the birth of their first child, Lusi.

It was while he was at home that a relapse of the leukaemia was diagnosed, causing golf to go on hold for more debilitating treatment until he was again declared to be in remission, making his comeback to the game in the 2013 Australian Masters at Royal Melbourne.

Remarkably, Lyle again made his way back to the PGA Tour, playing 20 more tournaments in 2015 and 2016, playing with moderate success and becoming one of the world's most universally-admired golfers.

Returning to live in Australia, he and Briony had their second daughter, Jemma.

Then, in 2017, while being treated for a cough, it was discovered that the leukaemia had returned.

With his game again on hold, Lyle and Briony launched a line of golf apparel and as his recovery progressed he joined the TV commentary team for the Australian Open.

At the same time, doctors presented Lyle with new realities, the gravity of which he revealed in an on-line blog

'Things are about to get really serious for me and my health over the next couple of months,' he wrote.

'Next week I'm going to hospital for a bone marrow transplant. I'm s***ting myself.'

Lyle explained that he would receive stem cells in a bone marrow transplant from his brother Leighton.

'At best I've got a one-in-four chance of coming out the other side,' he wrote.

'That's why I'm so scared.'

With typical courage, Lyle fought on, and as his situation became known, the entire golf world rallied.

The first month of 2018 was declared 'January for Jarrod' month on the US PGA Tour and tributes began to appear on the social media accounts of every prominent player in the world.

Meanwhile, as Lyle grew weaker, Briony took over writing the blog. In June she revealed the extent of the debilitating effects of not just the cancer, but associated auto-immune disorders that affected his eyesight and hearing and robbed him of all strength.

'His goals have been reduced to the smallest things, like being able to spread jam on his toast,' Briony wrote.

As serious as the situation had become, there seemed to be hope.

'We are certain we will get through this c**p once again, but it's really hard to stay upbeat,' she wrote in June.

And in late July: '... things continue to be incredibly tough.'

A week later, Lyle and his doctors decided medical treatment should cease and he receive only palliative care.

'He has given everything that he's got to give, and his poor body cannot take any more,' Briony wrote.

Messages of support flowed from tour peers and others touched by his story around the globe.

Tiger Woods was among those wearing a Leuk the Duck badge in his cap in recognition of Lyle and Challenge, the children's cancer foundation he was an ambassador for.

Lyle won two professional tournaments in a career that was never able to flourish, but he will be remembered for much more than golf.

Source: AAP

please log in to view this image

+11
Lyle is survived by his daughters Lusi, 6, and Jemma, 2, and wife Briony, who made a moving statement after his death was announced

'At the same time, we have been blessed and overwhelmed with the messages and actions of support from around the world and feel comforted that Jarrod was able to happily impact so many people throughout his life. Our humble thanks to you all.

'Jarrod was able to take in many of the unbelievably kind and generous acts and words in his final few days and was overwhelmed by the emotional outpouring.

Thanks for your support, it meant the world. My time was short, but if I've helped people think and act on behalf of those families who suffer through cancer, hopefully it wasn't wasted.
'He asked that I provide a simple message: "Thanks for your support, it meant the world. My time was short, but if I've helped people think and act on behalf of those families who suffer through cancer, hopefully it wasn't wasted".'

Briony said an intimate and private family service would be held in addition to a public memorial service at The Sands in Torquay at a date to be determined.

Lyle won two pro tournaments during his career, the Mexican Open and the Knoxville Open, both in 2008.

After beating cancer in 2012 he made an emotional comeback at the Australian Masters in 2013, and sought to win back his PGA Tour card two years later.

 

So sad and incredibly moving. Makes you realise again what a lottery the gift of life and health can be.

 

Not yet RIP, but sadly on her last legs....

Aretha Franklin said to be 'seriously ill' - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45172883

 

Genuine legend. RIP.

 

RIP

 

please log in to view this image

Great voice, great performer. RIP

 

Sad news & liked her music RIP

 

RIP Aretha ... a soul singer with soul - sadly missed but an amazing legacy of music left behind to remember her by and enjoy

 

Truly the greatest soul singer of them all. RIP...

 

An amazing life from a very troubled 'childhood'...

https://news.sky.com/story/aretha-f...d-demand-respect-11471544?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter

 

The world is a poorer place today.....her music will still be played for centuries to come.....

Thoughts also with those poor souls caught up in the tradegy in Genoa....

 

Very sad news!

Thank you for so much sweet sweet music Aretha.

RIP

 

Elvis Presley died 41 years ago today, 16th August 1977, in his Graceland home, Memphis, Tennessee, US, aged 42. Singer, actor & musician. Born 8th January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, US. Started out at Sun Records in 1953 & went on to be the top-selling solo artist of all time.

 

Kofi Annan death: World leaders honour former UN chief

please log in to view this image

Media captionKofi Annan accepts his Nobel Peace Prize


World figures have been paying tribute to former UN secretary-general and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan, who has died at the age of 80.

Current UN chief Antonio Guterres hailed him as "a guiding force for good" and Russian President Vladimir Putin described a "remarkable person".

Ex-US President Barack Obama said Annan had always pursued "a better world".

The Ghanaian national served as UN chief from 1997 to 2006 and is the only black African ever to hold the post.

Since then he has served as the UN special envoy for Syria, leading efforts to find a solution to the conflict.

• Remembering the world's top diplomat
• Obituary: Kofi Annan
• Annan speaks to BBC on 80th birthday (UK only)

The career diplomat died in hospital in the Swiss city of Bern. He had been living near Geneva for several years.

He "passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness", the Kofi Annan Foundation said.

He was a "deeply committed internationalist who fought throughout his life for a fairer and more peaceful world", the statement added.

please log in to view this image

Image copyrightAFP
Image captionKofi Annan's wife, Nane, was by his side when he died


Mr Guterres led the tributes to his predecessor. "In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose through the ranks to lead the organisation into the new millennium with matchless dignity and determination," he said in a statement.

UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a tweet he was grief-stricken over Annan's death:

please log in to view this image

Mr Obama, the first African American to win the White House, said: "Long after he had broken barriers, Kofi never stopped his pursuit of a better world."

President Putin said the memory of Annan would "forever live in the hearts of Russians".

Meanwhile, Indian PM Narendra Modi said "the world has lost not only a great African diplomat and humanitarian but also a conscience keeper of international peace and security".

Remembering Kofi Annan
By Imogen Foulkes, BBC's UN reporter in Geneva

Kofi Annan will be remembered for the way he drew attention, over and over again, to the plight of those caught up in war, environmental disaster, or simply grinding poverty.

The way he quietly but firmly reminded world leaders, however powerful, that they needed to put their duty to their citizens above their political careers.

Read more from Imogen

UK PM Theresa May and Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg were also among those who paid tributes.

please log in to view this image

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo announced a week of national mourning, calling Annan "one of our greatest compatriots".

please log in to view this image

Media caption"We've lost a great man, a great, great man. Not only Ghana, but the whole world."

Kofi Annan described his greatest achievement as the Millennium Development Goals, which - for the first time - set global targets on issues such as poverty and child mortality. The drive is widely regarded as a success.

However, Annan was not immune from criticism. Some blamed him for the UN's failure to halt the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s when he was head of the organisation's peacekeeping operations.

He later clashed with America and the UK over the Iraq war after 2003, calling the US-led invasion illegal.

But despite their past differences, former US President George W Bush was among those paying homage to Annan on Saturday, calling him "a tireless leader of the United Nations" whose "voice of experience will be missed around the world".

After the invasion of Iraq, Annan and his son were accused of being involved in the "oil for food corruption scandal" that led some to call for his resignation, though he was later exonerated.

please log in to view this image

Media captionAnnan told the BBC in April that the world had become "particularly messy"

The diplomat's career continued after retirement from the UN, and in 2007 he set up his own foundation aimed at promoting global sustainable development, security and peace.

A year later, his reputation was boosted after he successfully helped negotiate a power-sharing deal to end post-election violence in Kenya.

In a Facebook tribute, Raila Odinga, the opposition leader who signed the agreement, called Annan "the man who stepped in and saved the country from collapse".

In an interview with the BBC's HardTalk to mark his 80th birthday in April, Annan acknowledged the UN's shortcomings, but said that "if it didn't exist you would have to create it".

"I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist," he added.

In 2012 he was made chair of The Elders, a peace and human rights advocacy group started by South Africa's Nelson Mandela.

please log in to view this image

Image copyrightAFP
Image captionAnnan attended an event marking Nelson Mandela's 100th birth anniversary in Johannesburg last month


The same year, he quit his post as UN envoy to Syria after only six months, citing the failures of world powers to fulfil their commitments. He was later quoted as saying: "I lost my troops on the way to Damascus."

His most recent role was chairing an independent commission investigating Myanmar's Rohingya crisis.

Annan's wife, Nane, and three children were "by his side during his last days", the Kofi Annan Foundation said.

 

Kofi Annan, fabulous human being

R.i.p

 

Ron Hunt our legendary Centre Half from our 1967 cup winning team has died at age of 72.
One of my all time football hero's.

RIP Big Ron

Sent from my STF-L09 using Tapatalk