This was playing on the iPod today during my lunchtime run, released in 1980 to commemorate the death of Bon Scott, (former) lead singer with AC/DC. It reflected my mood on hearing this morning of the tragic death of former colleague, Elmer Morrissey, one of 4 missing, presumed drowned in a sailing tragedy 27km west of San Francisco, where he had been living and working for the past year. Elmer was also a runner, which some of you knew through his blog - his writing always brought a smile to my face and I was sorry to see him leave when he did as he had an infectious enthusiasm for running, which I'm sure he had for all thing he put his mind to. Glad to have known him for the brief time that I did. May he rest in peace.
Monday 16 April 2012
Hells Bells
This was playing on the iPod today during my lunchtime run, released in 1980 to commemorate the death of Bon Scott, (former) lead singer with AC/DC. It reflected my mood on hearing this morning of the tragic death of former colleague, Elmer Morrissey, one of 4 missing, presumed drowned in a sailing tragedy 27km west of San Francisco, where he had been living and working for the past year. Elmer was also a runner, which some of you knew through his blog - his writing always brought a smile to my face and I was sorry to see him leave when he did as he had an infectious enthusiasm for running, which I'm sure he had for all thing he put his mind to. Glad to have known him for the brief time that I did. May he rest in peace.
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Well said! I too couldn't stop thinking about Elmer yesterday. It's a sad day when a life is so tragically cut short. Our sympathies and prayers are with his family and friends
ReplyDeleteThat's sad. Sounds like a freak accident. I did a lot of sailing as a youngster - never thought of it as a dangerous sport.
ReplyDeleteOh my God! I used to read that blog. That's awful.
ReplyDeleteAll day yesterday I had a niggling feeling that I knew the name as the news reports came in over the airwaves. I even googled him as I thought I knew him from somewhere on the tangent of my life. A terrible tragedy and the only feeling apart from sympathy that the family can be left with is the knowledge that he came across as a decent guy from what I knew of him.
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