I'm sorry to tell everybody that Lee Gallagher has died of Covid coupled with pneumonia.
I last heard from him 18 July and as he hadn't replied to my last couple of messages I rang his landline and reached his father, who broke the news to me. I knew he had caught Covid but I didn't realise how badly it had hit him. Apparently his dad tried to get him to hospital but he collapsed on the drive and, despite being given CPR, he died.
His parents tell me they are having a private cremation but the news is on Facebook and people can commemorate him in their own way.