[Ann Drysdale]

I am so sorry to have to tell you that John Whitworth has died.

He has been in hospital for some months, much of it in intensive care, and as some of you will be aware, he had been failing for some time before he stopped posting on these threads.

His wife, Doreen, rang me this morning. I took the liberty of extending, on behalf of all his Spherean friends, our condolences to her and to his beloved daughters.

RIP my friend. Tears now; laughter later.