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Alan Knight - Obituary
Oddly enough I was reminiscing about
Alan only a few weeks ago with Peter Sherwood.
Strangely I can't remember any game
that we played together, although there were many, which must be an
indication that they were all good. But I do remember the many
beers, Alan's sense of humour and listening to his wisdom and tips about
talking and writing that were the tools of his trade.
Alan had two voices. His natural
speech, which was quite high, fast and always cheerful, and his radio
broadcast or lecture delivery voice which was several octaves lower,
slower and full of gravitas. He only let this slip once that I
remember when he was doing a telephone report for the RTHK radio news from
Phnom Penh during the 1997 coup there. He started off in his "radio
voice" but as the interview progressed he, understandably, lapsed into his
natural voice as he realised that the bangs going off outside his hotel
window were real RPG rounds!
His profile picture "Linked In",
the staid business connections site, featured a large parrot on his shoulder
that sums up his sense of fun and refusal to take himself seriously.
He will be missed.
Peter Hunt February 2017 |