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This is a Memorial thread for Tom Hennessy, not a discussion of his intimate personal details.
Please, would a kind moderator tidy it up a little, so that proper respect is shown throughout?
My dear friends,
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you that our brother Tommy died this morning. As you know, he has been sick for a long time (more than 25 years!) with an sickness that left him debilitated both physically and mentally. Despite his amazing life force throughout his illness, today he apparently lost his will to fight any longer and took his own life. We believe that he is with my dad and we hope that he has found some measure of the peace that eluded him in the later years of his life. We ask that you pray for him and all of his family as we go through the journey of bringing him home to Maryland and laying him to rest. Please forgive me for sharing this news through email. We talked to many relatives all day and I could not discuss this any more today. My mom is holding up remarkably well and she and my brothers and sister join me in sending our heartfelt gratitude to those of you who offered support to Tommy over the years. I hope you will remember him from happier times. With much sadness,
Mary for the Hennessy Family."
Published on 2 Oct 2013
After suffering from complex immunological and neurological diseases for decades, Tom died on Sept. 9, 2013. In this video, we pay tribute to the great contribution he made in neuro-endocrine-immune disease advocacy. He and others left us a heritage and an example to follow.
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