... and so farewell Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore ...

[non sociopath skin]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/09/astronomer-patrick-moore-dies

... astronomer extraordinaire, classic English eccentric and the sartorial industry's worst nightmare!

Funny old duck and well to the right of Genghis Khan (though a better xylophone player than the Mongol warlord, I'm told) but I can forgive a man who calls his cat Ptolemy most things.

Can't help wondering what he's found up there though ...

May he sleep well.

The Skin

[longship]

1. What an institution Sir Patrick was!

He brought millions of people to appreciate the stars. He will be missed by many.

R&K

[non sociopath skin]

2. I really enjoyed the Guardian obituary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/09/sir-patrick-moore

... a timely reminder that some people truly defy stereotyping.

D'ya know, I think I'd have liked him.

The Skin

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Gotta love this bit:

While he was in hospital after an injury, his heart condition was discovered: he relinquished his commission in 1944 and took up the defusing of bombs.

Because defusing bombs is in no way stressful, or something that could go wrong if your heart plays up ...

[LeftishBrit]

5. Yes, I notice that too! Bomb defusing = a rest cure!

[LeftishBrit]

4. RIP

All the great figures of my youth are dying. I was a huge fan of Patrick Moore as a kid, and wanted to become an astronomer, if not an actual spacewoman, when I grew up. I didn't, of course, but I'm still grateful to him for all the inspiration!