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June 8, 2009Poons is gone
"As many of you will by now be aware, the one and only Dave Halligan ceased to be on Saturday, 30th May 2009. The funeral will take place in Birkenhead in a couple of weeks. A lot of folks will be unable to attend, so the intention is to have a ceremony of our own in order to share our memories of Dave at a time when everyone can make it. Please feel free to post any ideas you may have here. Thank you all." (source)
Poons was a longtime supporter of and comment contributor to Bloggerheads. In fact, his last post on his main weblog was made in support of me.
Recently, Poons spent most of his time on this alternative weblog, and I'll let the introduction speak for itself:
Hi my name is poons and I am an alcoholic.I also suffer from depression and have suicidal tendencies.
I tried to end it all on Monday 20th April 2009 and so I will document the consequences of that action.
The main objective of this blog is to allow my friends and family to keep up with where I am at, and maybe on the way inspire other people who find themselves in a similar situation so that they also make steps to address the issues of alcohol dependency and depression which I have found go arm in arm.
I will endeavour to post daily updates about my progress and details of the help I am receiving with pointers to hopefully help others who wish to get their own life back on track.
Despite support from myself and many others much closer to him, on Saturday 30th May 2009 Poons lost his battle to manage his alcohol intake & handle depression, and took his own life sometime after this last post at 3pm on that same day.
Poons is gone.
I'm going to have to do something to celebrate his life... but right now I'm busy mourning his death.
Back shortly.
Posted by Manic on June 8, 2009 9:30 AM in the category The Political Weblog Movement
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» RIP Poons from Bob Piper
Some dreadful news here on Bloggerheads about Poons (Dave Halligan). Not long after I started blogging my computer went belly up. Using a computer at work I moaned about my misfortune. Within hour Poons had been in touch, and said... [Read More]
Tracked on June 8, 2009 11:32 AM
» poons from Chicken Yoghurt
Dave ‘poons‘ Halligan was an occasional commenter here and a thoroughly decent bloke. A couple of years ago he let me put an honest and hopeful piece from his blog in the Blog Digest book. Sadly, two Saturdays ago, he lost his long fight a... [Read More]
Tracked on June 9, 2009 11:40 AM
Comments
This is very very sad news - my heart goes out to his close friends and family.
Posted by: Paul.Ferrari at June 8, 2009 10:12 AM
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So very sad. I was following his feed and wondering what was going on. I had hoped it was just a glitch and he'd post again about how he'd fallen off the wagon but was starting fresh.
Posted by: Pete Connolly at June 8, 2009 10:18 AM
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Ah, crap. I'd kind of fallen out of contact with Poons recently - was wondering why. On top of last night's election results today is turning out to be very depressing.
Posted by: Nosemonkey at June 8, 2009 10:48 AM
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Awful news. Condolences to everyone who knew him.
Posted by: BenSix at June 8, 2009 10:51 AM
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A terrible blow, rest in peace Poons.
Posted by: Guy Gooberman at June 8, 2009 10:59 AM
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:(
You might want to consider posting this on /links. I remember he posted his how to dry out blog a couple of months back. It struck me as an incredibly brave thing to do, and he seemed like a thoroughly decent and sincere chap. I'm sure there will be other b3tans who will be saddened by the news.
Posted by: masakatsu at June 8, 2009 11:19 AM
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Very sad.
Puts elections into some sort of context.
I never met him in the flesh, but through Britblog online. One of the characters who took an interest.
RIP.
Posted by: Matt Wardman at June 8, 2009 12:00 PM
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masakatsu: Done.
Posted by: Manic at June 8, 2009 12:33 PM
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R.I.P poons.
Sad, sad, sad. :'o(
Posted by: tyger at June 8, 2009 12:40 PM
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Oh, hell. Condolences to his friends and family, and rest in peace, Poons.
Posted by: Rachel at June 8, 2009 1:14 PM
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I didn't know this.
Seldom short of a smart comment or two, but I am not sure what to write, really. So, what Matt Wardman said.
Damn.
Posted by: Mr Eugenides at June 8, 2009 1:32 PM
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:<
Posted by: Unity at June 8, 2009 1:49 PM
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His alternative blog was a courageous one, and I know I was not alone in hoping for a happy ending.
Sadly that was not to be. Very, very sad.
TNL
Posted by: The Nameless Libertarian at June 8, 2009 1:54 PM
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It's difficult to know what to say.
I'm so sorry for anyone close to him.
Posted by: 5cc at June 8, 2009 3:10 PM
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What? To me at least, his alternative blog had an optimistic feel to it.
R. I. P. Poons.
Posted by: Sim-O at June 8, 2009 8:19 PM
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That last post was so poignant;there have been times when I've wished I could have helped someone in such a situation.
RIP Poons. I hope you find the peace that was denied you in life.
Posted by: Professor Paul at June 8, 2009 8:30 PM
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Goodness - this news caused shivers up my spine.
Bless you, Poons - you were always a friendly face online. RIP.
Posted by: Wibbler at June 9, 2009 11:41 AM
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