Newsgroup postings and the Portsmouth local newspaper are
reporting that Paul Vigay was this morning found dead near his home in Southsea after being reported missing last night. His death is not being treated as suspicious. An
online book of condolence has been opened for Paul.
Paul was well known throughout the RISC OS community. He became interested in computers around 1978 and had an extensive knowledge of a range of computer platforms from Acorn, Commodore, Sinclair and Atari to mainframe and mini systems to 'current' machines such as Iyonix's, PCs and Macs. In 2005 he started his RISC OS friendly ISP, Orpheus Internet.
LinksOriginal The News (Portsmouth) articleSecond The News article ("Mystery of man found dead in the sea") (
Front page thumbnail)
Third The News article ("Tributes paid to Hampshire UFO Expert")BBC News articleOnline book of condolence for Paul
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Paul Vigay found dead off Southsea seafront |
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nunfetishist (16:58 20/2/2009)
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ksattic (05:22 27/2/2009)
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Rob Kendrick |
Message #109366, posted by nunfetishist at 16:58, 20/2/2009 |
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We've set up a book of condolence. There's not much there at the moment, but I hope to flesh it out with contributions; http://www.paulvigay.org/ |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #109368, posted by filecore at 18:06, 20/2/2009, in reply to message #109366 |
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How sad :-(
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Phil Mellor |
Message #109370, posted by monkeyson2 at 19:11, 20/2/2009, in reply to message #109368 |
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I'm shocked and saddened by this news. Paul was a thoroughly nice chap and was hugely appreciated here at TIB. Condolences to Louie and Paul's family and friends. |
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Mark |
Message #109374, posted by Mark76 at 20:10, 20/2/2009, in reply to message #109370 |
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I'm shocked and saddened by this news. Paul was a thoroughly nice chap and was hugely appreciated here at TIB. Condolences to Louie and Paul's family and friends. That is a shock. I never knew the guy, but he seemed like a first rate ambassador for the RISCOS system and an all round good egg from what I've read.
Please add my condolences. |
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Richard Goodwin |
Message #109375, posted by rich at 20:11, 20/2/2009, in reply to message #109370 |
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Holy fuck.
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Rich.
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #109378, posted by Phlamethrower at 21:25, 20/2/2009, in reply to message #109375 |
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Crikey! |
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fwibbler |
Message #109379, posted by fwibbler at 22:03, 20/2/2009, in reply to message #109378 |
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Yeah, I'm a bit speechless too |
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Ian Cook |
Message #109380, posted by ilcook at 22:09, 20/2/2009, in reply to message #109379 |
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Disbelief, here.  |
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Adam Lloyd |
Message #109385, posted by adamlloyd at 23:52, 20/2/2009, in reply to message #109380 |
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Wow. Really wow. This was even enough to get me to post.
I'm speachless. |
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keith dunlop |
Message #109386, posted by epistaxsis at 09:22, 21/2/2009, in reply to message #109385 |
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bloody hell! |
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Tim Fountain |
Message #109387, posted by alpha at 13:42, 21/2/2009, in reply to message #109386 |
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Tragic loss. My condolences to his family and friends. |
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G-M |
Message #109392, posted by gwion at 11:25, 22/2/2009, in reply to message #109387 |
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I'm speechless, I really can't believe it. |
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Simon Wilson |
Message #109423, posted by ksattic at 05:22, 27/2/2009, in reply to message #109392 |
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RIP, Paul. |
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Alasdair Bailey |
Message #117724, posted by alasdair at 21:26, 13/5/2011, in reply to message #109423 |
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Really sorry to hear this news. I only met Paul a couple of times but both were great fun. |
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