Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Dan O'Connell 1949-2018


My dear friend Dan O'Connell slipped these surly bonds of earth yesterday after putting up a brave fight with both heart and kidney failure.

His larger than life presence - Big Dan - will be missed.

Here are only a few pics of other days.

Dan Holding Court At Dinner


Another Common Sight At Dinner 
[That's a tequila bottle, BTW.]



A Common Sight After Dinner 



Always The Entertainer
[Dan on the left, yours truly on the right.]


And Always Ready For a Party

[Big Dan and Little Dan]


The Two Of Us In A Previous Life


And Doing What He Did Best - Chillin'


Here's to a lot of good times, ol' buddy!


4 comments:

Rob Greenfield said...

Very nice photo tribute Jim!

Gordon Tripe said...

Glad to have met him.

Patricia said...

Thank you - made me smile. And spot on. :)

FINS UP2 said...

Great guy other than he was a Yankee fan! I will forgive him for that and remember the fun times we enjoyed with him especially at Jilly's.