Vale Kevin Byrne

Dear PDCN Member, colleague and friends,

Many of you may not have heard the profoundly sad news of the untimely and sudden death of Kevin Byrne on Saturday, 11th September.

At a time like this, and in these circumstances, words seem wholly inadequate.

We mourn the loss of a leader in disability advocacy, a shining example of compassionate humanity and a truly remarkable man. Among his many contributions, Kevin was the first President of PDCN and remained on our Management Committee until his death. Indeed we expected Kevin to be making his usual wise, witty and perceptive contributions to our Management Committee when we gather for our scheduled meeting this evening. It will be impossible for members present not to reflect on the loss made painfully evident by Kevin's absence from our lively discussions. For our part, we will do our best tonight to honour Kevin's life and legacy by re-committing ourselves to advocacy in action in favour of people with disability.

Finally, for the moment, on behalf of everyone involved with PDCN I express our deepest condolences to Pat, Kevin's wife, whose loss and pain must be almost unbearable. There could have been no finer man than Kevin with whom to share one's life and love.

Dougie Herd
Executive Officer
Physical Disability Council of New South Wales
St Helen's Community Centre
3/184 Glebe Point Road
Glebe NSW 2037
Australia

Tel: + 61 (0) 2 9552 1606
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