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I'm going to get emotional talking about
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him because I always do. When did you
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guys meet? 1976, right? Beginning of the
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school year. Um, two guys who didn't
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know each other sat on a pew in the the
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assembly hall and got talking.
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We just developed a great friendship.
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And it was a friendship based on a more
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of a mutual interest in sport. He was
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obviously known as a cricketer, but he
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was talented at so many other sports.
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And I was the guy that was eventually
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going to forge, you know, a career as a
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rugby player. He had found his heart his
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soulmate in Lraine. They just didn't get
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enough time together. Marty's funeral
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service we first arrived and sat in
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there playing on a screen was his
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hundred at Lords his last hund and Lords
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was hallowed turf farm just the majesty
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of this man batting is just it was
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amazing
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and um Jeff his brother stood up and
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started clapping so the whole service
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stood and started clapping cuz this man
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was a genius and I still remember
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exactly where I was when Dave rung me
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and said he's gone
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