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Steven Hughes
2 hrs ·
Hi everyone, this is Amy, Steve’s daughter. I’m posting to let you all know that Dad passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday afternoon.
As some of you may know, he had been ill with liver disease for some months, and had spent the last month or so in the QE Hospital in Birmingham. On Wednesday, he was transferred to the Critical Care Unit so that they could support his breathing, and when I spoke to him that morning he was positive and upbeat, looking forward to getting some rest.
The doctors gave him anaesthetic so that he could get a good sleep, but in the early hours of Friday morning he became very ill. We all stayed with him all day, and he had his family around him when the doctors withdrew life support. He looked very peaceful, and the doctors assured us that he couldn’t feel any pain.
I know how well-loved he was, and I understand that many of you will want to write messages of condolence about his passing. I would like to keep this page up as a tribute to him, and ask that if you would like to write messages to us or about your memories of Dad that you post them here, rather than reaching out to us directly at this time. Rest assured that we will read the messages when we are able to, but particularly for his parents a flood of direct messages might be too overwhelming right now.
I will be checking in on this page and will update you all with arrangements when they have been made.
My dad was incredibly proud to have the friends he had. He was an amazing person – brave, and kind, and clever, and he stood strong against his illness until the very end. We were all lucky to have known him.
As he would probably want me to say – “Illegitimi non carborundum”
Steven Hughes
2 hrs ·
Hi everyone, this is Amy, Steve’s daughter. I’m posting to let you all know that Dad passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday afternoon.
As some of you may know, he had been ill with liver disease for some months, and had spent the last month or so in the QE Hospital in Birmingham. On Wednesday, he was transferred to the Critical Care Unit so that they could support his breathing, and when I spoke to him that morning he was positive and upbeat, looking forward to getting some rest.
The doctors gave him anaesthetic so that he could get a good sleep, but in the early hours of Friday morning he became very ill. We all stayed with him all day, and he had his family around him when the doctors withdrew life support. He looked very peaceful, and the doctors assured us that he couldn’t feel any pain.
I know how well-loved he was, and I understand that many of you will want to write messages of condolence about his passing. I would like to keep this page up as a tribute to him, and ask that if you would like to write messages to us or about your memories of Dad that you post them here, rather than reaching out to us directly at this time. Rest assured that we will read the messages when we are able to, but particularly for his parents a flood of direct messages might be too overwhelming right now.
I will be checking in on this page and will update you all with arrangements when they have been made.
My dad was incredibly proud to have the friends he had. He was an amazing person – brave, and kind, and clever, and he stood strong against his illness until the very end. We were all lucky to have known him.
As he would probably want me to say – “Illegitimi non carborundum”
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