Charles "Lafayette" SWANN

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. The worst possible tidings.


Here we go. Charlie passed away this morning at about 10.30 AM. Carmel was with him at the time along with Colin and Audrey Crowe. He was still at the Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath. Moves had been made to take him home and I believe a hospital bed had been installed there at The Purple Palace. But in the end his deterioration was rapid and Charlie wanted to stay where he was. Yesterday he had been placed on End of Life Care and was having some pleasant morphine - induced dreams. In one he had a vision that Carmel was going up to Scotland to poison Donald Trump! A joker to the end.


He had no pain and finally just slipped away.........Myself and Barbara saw him at the same hospital just a few days ago and had a long chat with him. He knew how the ground lay and he asked me to organise his wake. At his request this will be at The Anchor in Ringmer. Charlie remembered Malcolm Senior's wake there and wants something similar himself. Of course I will organise this but Carmel thinks this will probably be in about month's time. The funeral will be along Pure Cremation lines and there will be no ceremony,


Colin Crowe will take care of notifying EXIST. May already have done it.


And there you have it. Under my self-induced health regime I normally only have a drink on weekends......Not tonight though.






Harry