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Captain Tom

267 replies

Parker231 · 02/02/2021 16:07

Sad news just announced - he has died today.

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missrm · 02/02/2021 17:09

Says his daughters were with him when he passed? How were they allowed into the hospital or even near him?

UnityUnited · 02/02/2021 17:10

He lived with one daughter. His other daughter was on FaceTime.

Abraxan · 02/02/2021 17:12

@missrm

Says his daughters were with him when he passed? How were they allowed into the hospital or even near him?
Read the thread. Myself and others have already posted to say that in many hospitals patients can be visited during end of life care. That aspect is not unusual, and has been the case since April.
crosspelican · 02/02/2021 17:12

The last WW1 veteran!
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MotherForker · 02/02/2021 17:13

@whataboutbob

The last WW1 veteran!
Given he was 100 and therefore born in 1920/21 then he wasn't born during WW1.
MercyBooth · 02/02/2021 17:15

@truthisalie They did. I remember seeing an elderly woman on the news who was walking up and down her stairs over and over to try and raise money for NHS charities. No further media coverage after that though. The coverage or lack of it does factor in.

Oneearringlost · 02/02/2021 17:16

A kind, good man.

Chocolateraincloud3 · 02/02/2021 17:17

Had he had the vaccine?

Coffeeandcocopops · 02/02/2021 17:18

RIP. I’m glad some of his family could be with him. It’s not a race to the bottom. He had a fantastic last few years.

UnityUnited · 02/02/2021 17:18

He couldn’t have the vaccine because he had been suffering from pneumonia.

Coffeeandcocopops · 02/02/2021 17:18

@Chocolateraincloud3

Had he had the vaccine?
No as he pneumonia.
TokyoSashimi · 02/02/2021 17:19

@AhFiddledeedee

I feel really sad about this, I cant put my finger on why exactly. I mean he lived to 100, it's a grand age. A life lived to the full by all accounts,I didnt know him, but I feel so sad hearing this news.

I think it's because he brought people together, we got behind him and cheered him, only for him to pass away with covid, after everything he did for the NHS, it seems such a cruel irony.

Is it me?

You have summed up how I feel beautifully.
HappygoesLucy · 02/02/2021 17:19

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BungleandGeorge · 02/02/2021 17:20

It’s good that people are reminded that the faceless death figures are actually people with full lives who contribute to our society and who have families that love them. Even if they’re elderly.
He was 100 years old, if I had the chance for a wonderful family holiday in his situation, I’d take it and accept the consequences too.
RIP Captain Tom, thank you for your service to your country

Puddington · 02/02/2021 17:20

@Calmandmeasured1

It's sad for his family. But they were there with him and had a family Christmas, which is more than most are afforded currently. He lived with his daughter and her family so, of course they with him and had a family Christmas. Why wouldn't they?
tbf he spent Christmas in Barbados with various family members and also some randomers (who posted photos on Twitter of them all posing with him and none of them wearing masks). That isn't a slight against Tom but I was very surprised that NONE of the people around this frail elderly man on this foreign holiday seemed to be taking precautions.
dannydyerismydad · 02/02/2021 17:21

What a wonderful year he's had. The money raised. The media interest, the knighthood from the queen at Windsor. The VIP trip to Barbados.

He sounds like he was a wonderful man and adored by his family who will miss him terribly.

UnityUnited · 02/02/2021 17:21

He was talked about because he raised £32m. I don’t believe he broke any lockdown rules.

MercyBooth · 02/02/2021 17:22

No @purpleboy He raised money for NHS charities
The NHS is not a charity.

AlandAnna · 02/02/2021 17:22

I feel sad. I wish he had passed of something other than Covid to be honest, it’s just depressing!

What a good, long life though, and active to the end. I’m sure he was treated with great care.

Nefbachmorf · 02/02/2021 17:23

@missrm

Says his daughters were with him when he passed? How were they allowed into the hospital or even near him?
Depends on hospital policy. Our NDN died in October in our local hospital. Family were allowed to visit during the last three days of his life.
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thebabessavedme · 02/02/2021 17:23

RIP Captain Tom - one hundred years of learnt wisdom, kindness and service.

Someone a few on this thread could learn from.

truthisalie · 02/02/2021 17:23

@truthisalie They did. I remember seeing an elderly woman on the news who was walking up and down her stairs over and over to try and raise money for NHS charities. No further media coverage after that though. The coverage or lack of it does factor in

Oh, I feel bad for that old lady but I meant the very wealthy and privileged. They could have sold a few gems or walked a few acres.

Rockpooler · 02/02/2021 17:24

I'm really sad he didn't get vaccinated in December (like my family members in their 80s did). Surely the eldest were a priority?

Whatever9999 · 02/02/2021 17:24

@LemonViolet

Please stop being so bloody rude, *@LyingWitchInTheWardrobe*, you have no idea of my personal circumstances in relation to losses from Covid. This simply isn’t the place for your complaints, they are in incredibly poor taste on a thread where people are collectively mourning and sharing how they feel. How bloody dare you brand people sharing their feelings as fake, you have no idea. Start your own AIBU if you want a debate.
Sorry but why are people mourning someone they don't even actually know? Yes it's sad for his family that he died, but he was 100 years old and had a much better final months and weeks than many 100 year olds do.

What I think is awful is how people will be gushing and the faux grieving, and it is fake (just like the Princess Diana grieving was fake), how can you grieve someone you don't personally know?

I'm concerned that his actual family and friends won't be allowed to grieve in peace, that his death will be politised, that the media will use it as clickbait.

And let's not forget the man is now going to treated as a statistic to be argued over, won't be long until the with/of covid arguments start. I just hope his family are going to be left alone, but I wouldn't bet on it

*disclaimer, I am autistic and don't understand emotions, never understood the "public outpouring of grief" for anyone they didn't know personally. Shock that they have died maybe, but you need an actual emotional connection to someone to grieve, surely