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Paul R Johnson · April 23rd, 2024, 04:49 AM

Just a short note to say our member Gary Nattress, and old friend of mine, died yesterday from a heart attack! Not expected and rather sad.

Dave Baker · April 23rd, 2024, 06:11 AM

Sad news indeed Paul.

Dave Farrants · April 23rd, 2024, 07:17 AM

Very sad, had a few dealings with Gary over the years, a true professional and very knowledgeable especially in the audio field.

Anthony McErlean · April 25th, 2024, 05:09 AM

So sorry to hear this sad news.

Andrew Smith · April 25th, 2024, 11:36 PM

Hard to know what to say. It's always a real bummer. Didn't really know him as such, but I always liked his "more than 15 minutes experience" line at the bottom of his posts.

Andrew

Paul R Johnson · April 28th, 2024, 12:03 PM

Gary sort of flipped between work in broadcast and had a canal boat. If he moved from media city in Salford to working in London, he just floated the boat down, and then if he changed again, floated it back. He got me a nice consultancy job in Ethiopia through a friend. Just said how do you fancy this .........

Too many friends get to retiring age and before they get a chance to have some fun, pass away. It has happened twice to my friends now. Bummer!

Andrew Smith · April 29th, 2024, 03:40 AM

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Too many friends get to retiring age and before they get a chance to have some fun, pass away. It has happened twice to my friends now. Bummer!

Interesting observation you have there. It's like a curse that one is 'at the wheel' for your life and constantly under the pump, and when it comes to relaxing and enjoying life the ability to finally do so is snatched away. It's quite a pattern.

Andrew

Boyd Ostroff · April 29th, 2024, 01:44 PM

Sad news.

I saw plenty of people "die with their boots on" and decided to retire at age 62. Family and friends never thought I would do it, they were convinced I was a workaholic. And that's why I did it. If I'd continued in my demanding job, I would have died years ago. Instead, I'll be 75 this summer and have loved every minute of retirement!

Take care everyone....

Paul R Johnson · April 30th, 2024, 12:51 AM

My old college declined due to the management. Out of 6 lecturers, 5 of us left within one year, and we are all still about 20 years on. Bar Paddy. A great folk musician, played everything including celtic pipes of all kinds, and he smoked a pipe too and wore a paul carrick style hat. A single fella, he put every bit of his spare cash into his pension. He stuck with the college and hated every day. He planned to go to far away lands and photograph birds, his hobby apart from music. He had it all planned, and died the month before he was due to retire. No family. What a waste. Friends with Wakeman, the Enos and many other greats. So sad.

April 23rd, 2024, 04:49 AM	#1
Paul R Johnson Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lowestoft - UK Posts: 4,020	Gary Nattress Just a short note to say our member Gary Nattress, and old friend of mine, died yesterday from a heart attack! Not expected and rather sad.

April 23rd, 2024, 06:11 AM	#2
Dave Baker Major Player Join Date: May 2014 Location: Brandon, England Posts: 458	Re: Gary Nattress Sad news indeed Paul.

April 23rd, 2024, 07:17 AM	#3
Dave Farrants Major Player Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Gloucs, UK Posts: 215	Re: Gary Nattress Very sad, had a few dealings with Gary over the years, a true professional and very knowledgeable especially in the audio field. __________________ https://www.foxvideo.co.uk

April 25th, 2024, 05:09 AM	#4
Anthony McErlean Trustee Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,077	Re: Gary Nattress So sorry to hear this sad news.

April 25th, 2024, 11:36 PM	#5
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,021	Re: Gary Nattress Hard to know what to say. It's always a real bummer. Didn't really know him as such, but I always liked his "more than 15 minutes experience" line at the bottom of his posts. Andrew

April 28th, 2024, 12:03 PM	#6
Paul R Johnson Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lowestoft - UK Posts: 4,020	Re: Gary Nattress Gary sort of flipped between work in broadcast and had a canal boat. If he moved from media city in Salford to working in London, he just floated the boat down, and then if he changed again, floated it back. He got me a nice consultancy job in Ethiopia through a friend. Just said how do you fancy this ......... Too many friends get to retiring age and before they get a chance to have some fun, pass away. It has happened twice to my friends now. Bummer!

April 29th, 2024, 01:44 PM	#8
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,788	Re: Gary Nattress Sad news. I saw plenty of people "die with their boots on" and decided to retire at age 62. Family and friends never thought I would do it, they were convinced I was a workaholic. And that's why I did it. If I'd continued in my demanding job, I would have died years ago. Instead, I'll be 75 this summer and have loved every minute of retirement! Take care everyone....

April 30th, 2024, 12:51 AM	#9
Paul R Johnson Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lowestoft - UK Posts: 4,020	Re: Gary Nattress My old college declined due to the management. Out of 6 lecturers, 5 of us left within one year, and we are all still about 20 years on. Bar Paddy. A great folk musician, played everything including celtic pipes of all kinds, and he smoked a pipe too and wore a paul carrick style hat. A single fella, he put every bit of his spare cash into his pension. He stuck with the college and hated every day. He planned to go to far away lands and photograph birds, his hobby apart from music. He had it all planned, and died the month before he was due to retire. No family. What a waste. Friends with Wakeman, the Enos and many other greats. So sad.