Hammerwerfer (Ed Healey) has died. RIP

Hammerwerfer (Ed Healey) has died. RIP

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tim2100

6,279 posts

256 months

Monday 16th August 2010
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RIP.

sixspeed

2,060 posts

271 months

Monday 16th August 2010
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I also had the chance to speak to Ed a few times on my trips to the 'Ring. Great guy, and a wonderful character.

RIP. You will be missed. frown

nonuts

15,855 posts

228 months

Monday 16th August 2010
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Sorry to hear, RIP.

Rude-boy

22,227 posts

232 months

Monday 16th August 2010
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John D. said:
I used to enjoy reading his posts. Always came across as a good guy. What a great shame. He will be missed. RIP
Can't say any fairer than that. Of the 1,000's of people who post on here who you never get to 'know' but get an impression of he always came across as one of the good guys.

I hope that his family are dealing well with what must be a major part of their life now missing.


RIP

gutmann pug

265 posts

231 months

Tuesday 17th August 2010
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Nice post Ronan. Ed was a hell of a nice guy and someone I was proud to call a friend.

RIP buddy


Gary from Northloop.

Tankslider

833 posts

222 months

Tuesday 17th August 2010
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Ed was very much one of the good guys. A genuinely warm individual, he'll be missed in the Eifel.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

269 months

Tuesday 17th August 2010
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A name I recognise. frown

RIP Ed.

Adenauer

18,564 posts

235 months

Wednesday 18th August 2010
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RIP Ed, he really was one of the good guys, shame you left us so early frown

PeteG

4,266 posts

210 months

Wednesday 18th August 2010
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RIP.

900T-R

20,404 posts

256 months

Wednesday 18th August 2010
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Plotloss said:
A name I recognise. frown
Indeed. D*mn. frown

TonyHetherington

32,091 posts

249 months

Wednesday 18th August 2010
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What a real shame. Sounds like a top bloke.

RIP.

Muzzlehatch

4,718 posts

241 months

Wednesday 18th August 2010
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I've posted on a couple of other tribute pages and have only just seen this PH thread about Ed.

For those that didn't know him, he was a genuine friend and had time for anyone. Not just a bit of time, but he would give you the whole evening... make that the whole night, chinwagging away, beer after beer, story after story (many of which he had already told you several times, but it didn't matter), laughing until the sun came up. Then we'd get a couple of hours kip, wake up and sneak in a couple of laps of the 'ring before breakfast.

Some might be surprised that he was also an accomplished athlete. He was a very competitive hammer thrower, holding some long-standing records.

In the last few years the adversity he was faced with was mindblowing, but more mindblowing still was the courage and humour with which he carried that. He had real spirit and was a true gentleman.

RIP Ed

Seek

1,169 posts

199 months

Wednesday 18th August 2010
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Muzzlehatch said:
In the last few years the adversity he was faced with was mindblowing, but more mindblowing still was the courage and humour with which he carried that. He had real spirit and was a true gentleman.
Agreed. Ed was definitely an example of how to live life.
If required, I aspire to have anywhere near his spirit and humour.

As many others I am very proud to have been able to consider Ed as a friend.

Adz The Rat

13,945 posts

208 months

Wednesday 18th August 2010
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Such a sad loss, RIP.

The world and indeed PH has lost a good one there.

Steve Evil

10,653 posts

228 months

Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Only just seen this, RIP Ed, I did a day at the 'Ring with him and RSR a few years back and he was a great laugh all day, as well as being one hell of a driver, teaching me things that would have taken years to learn had I tried to learn by myself. He also seemed to know absolutely everyone around the area.

My girlfriend may have given him a few extra grey hairs though as on one of her laps out with him she managed to spin it on the straight following Adenauer Forst, completing about 2 full spins and ending up in the grass. Teach me for letting her out in a left-hand drive car.

He will be missed.

Original Poster

5,429 posts

175 months

Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Terrible news, RIP.

Soovy

35,829 posts

270 months

Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Damn.

At peace now I hope. No more pain.


BelperJim

2,500 posts

182 months

Tuesday 31st August 2010
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frown RIP

Ferg

15,242 posts

256 months

Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Apologies for not spotting this sooner.
RIP Ed.

anniesdad

14,589 posts

237 months

Tuesday 31st August 2010
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RIP Ed. frown

I remember him posting on here and it sounds like he had a very fullfilling life.