Roy

Abstract

Roy’s sudden death took everyone by surprise. He seemed indestructible and vulnerable at the same time. For years, especially in winter, you could tell that he was in the building by his rasping cough carried down the corridors. But then this was nothing new, and three days before his death, he was showing someone into his room as we exchanged greetings for the first time in months (he had been in Peru). I knew he looked ill, but I too was shocked with the news of his death late on the Sunday evening.