I said goodbye to my old friend Mark last week, who died at the horribly young age of 49.
His many friends included a big group of journalists who started our careers on trade magazines, and have stayed in touch. We organised a final send-off in a City of London pub to celebrate his life.
A huge group of us gathered to pay tribute and share memories of happier times. Mark was diagnosed with a serious illness in his mid-40s, and its progress was devastatingly rapid. Hearing about everything he managed to pack into his short life made us all silently vow to make the most of being alive.
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