mickhoss Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 This is for any aussies touring in the us who may not have heard, alan bond died on Friday morning the fifth of june 2015 in the new Fiona Stanley hospital in perth western Australia following complications after a heart valve replacement. he was 77 He had recently returned from London to perth to have this surgery. Bondy will be remembered for having a huge impact on Australia for better and worse. R.I.P. bondy. mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce t Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Not the place to speak ill of the dead. But I know many Australians wont miss him. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickhoss Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Its been a huge week here in western Australia for the media both tv and newspapers with the death of alan bond and public opinion is divided as to whether he was a saint or a crook, but what ever your opinion is he was larger than life west Australian character who was the last of the "four on the floor" entrepreneurs of the seventies and eighties from perth to pass on, the laws would never let people wheel and deal like that these days His funeral mass was held at St patricks basilica Adelaide st freemantle W.A the burial was a private affair and I think it was appropriate his wake was held at the Royal PERTH Yatch Club where as a member he took the Americas cup back to after winning it in 1983 after many attempts. BruceT are you a sandgroper? or am I thinking of somebody else mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickhoss Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I just realised I spelled the word yacht incorrectly in my last post, another senior moment I guess. mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce t Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 mickhoss I'm not a sandgroper. a banana bender. i knew a number of the crew on the winning Americas cup boat. i was also a victim of bonds skullduggery. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickhoss Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 BruceT your a banana bender , I had an idea you were from west, must be someone else I was thinking of I lost some money on airship industry shares so did the bloke that lives next door,.not a lot mind you mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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