.For those of you who have read and enjoyed the 'Odds-N-Sods' blog on my blogroll, you'll be saddened to hear that it's author Richard Preen has died whilst undergoing a lung transplant to transform his life.I'd never met him but from exchanged comments on Twitter he seemed a very decent guy. Always horrible to hear news like this and once gain it's a reminder that we're not here for long. Richard was only 33.Here's a link to the tributes paid to him in the Gloucestershire Echo..

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