Many of you will have met and been entertained online and offline by this most remarkable man. He has been a stalwart of the BBs since ESI days and always brought a sense of humour and fairness to all his postings. To meet him in the flesh was a remarkable experience, you couldnt but smile at his wayward antics and fun of life. Some of our Xmas lunches have been MG Days with his penchant for wearing thongs on the outside of his clothes plus many other memorable and not repeatable antics.

Despite the fun side of life he was a very strong family man, a very good businessman and an adviser to local governments on regeneration.

He will be sorely missed by me as a personal friend and fun golfer, but mainly as one of the most honest and fun contributors to the BBs I have been involved in.

This is from his family

Dear all
We are sorry to contact you all like this with this news, but it is with great sadness that we have to inform you that Malcolm passed away just before 7.30 yesterday evening in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham. We are sure that you are all aware that Malcolm was battling prostate cancer and his decline in the last few days was rapid and shocking. He was admitted to the QE on Friday with very low platelet and haemoglobin levels. It quickly became apparent that the cancer had spread to his liver and on Monday morning his kidney function also deteriorated rapidly. He spent yesterday drifting in and out of consciousness but was aware that we were all with him. He seemed to spend much of this time in a better place and was talking about being in Wales (the scene of many a happy family holiday).

Malcolm has clearly been planning for this time though it came so much sooner than any of us could have imagined. He has left clear instructions outlining his wishes when the inevitable has happened and he had set up this group email for us to contact you all. We hope that many of you will by now have heard in a more personal way and are sorry if this email is the first that you have heard of this. We will obviously be in touch with details of Malcolms funeral when these arrangements have been made.

With much love and best wishes,
Julie, Rachel and Matthew"

Never met MG but enjoyed his posts especially on the forex thread. He was always willing to bet against the trend, sometimes with great success, but with no regret if it went against him.

He will be missed

MG attended a couple of our Pie and a Pint meetings at numerous watering holes around Birmingham, the last was at the Barton Arms where he turned up with Martini. I have Missed his Intelligent and witty postings, shocked and saddened at this news.

My condolences to his family and friends.

I have stolen these off the Xmas lunch threads on the BB's, thanks those who took them!!

MG at his best!

Tragic news.

Some more of MG being MG

Malcolm had a great gift of gathering every happy recollection, big or small, from the memory banks, to battle the demons of adversity.

Such sad news - and to think I'll not hear those smooth Yorkshire tones recounting with elation his latest 'counting thingie' when it was down, or describing explosive trajectiles in his inimitable way, and not least, comparing baldness with that bald bloke Mikey again.

Meggers was a good friend to many of us over the years - and a gentleman, which of course he always refuted.

Winson Green will never be the same.

A sad farewell to one of the good guys.

I remember one of my first encounters with Malcolm, at a MoneyAM golf day, where he tolerated my appalling performance with great humour and kindness.

He was genuine and generous company at numerous meals and events over the years, although I still have nightmares about his nipple attack (above).

Condolences to Malcolm's family at this sad time.

Richard

Sorry to hear this news. I never met Malcolm in person, but I dare say like many people, knew him from his presence on the bulletin boards over the years. My condolences to his family.

Very sad news I remember him from years back on the boards always very good natured and often funny posts.

RIP.

I am really sorry to hear this news, my condolences to his familly and all who knew Malcolm. His posts always raised a smile when humorous and were to be learned from when serious.

Steve

Really sorry to hear this. I never met him but his posts had a great "couldn't care less" irreverent humour that I really enjoyed. My sincere sympathy to his family.

Very sad news, unfortunately never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, only on the fx thread. My sincere condolences to his family at this sad time

What sad news. I never actually got to meet MG in person but I've seen and read a fair old few of his postings over the years.

I guess all I can say now is 'Bye Bye, BB Buddy'. :-(

My condolences to his family and also to all on here, who have obviously lost a good friend.

I was not aware that MG was not in good health, and only at the weekend i was thinking that I had not heard from him for some time, and then today's news.
My condolences to all his family

I didn't have the pleasure of meeting him... I will miss him on the BBs...
a better place... its a lovely expression, I pray he has as much fun there. My condolances to his family and friends.

SM

Sad news.
Never met Malcolm but he'll be missed on this BB.
TT

This has come as a bit of a shock to me too. I had no idea.

I believe I first met Malcolm at the Harrogate bash in 2003. Once met, never forgotten, a really great chap. And how great of him to think of us after "the inevitable".

My sincere sympathies to his family.

Derek

Partnered MG on the Moneyam golf day in Derbyshire. We didn't win, but we had a good laugh!
My condolences to his family.
Rod

What sad news, another man i never met, enjoyed a lot of banter by e.mail on (some company i cant remember the name of, but Luke roberts was involved???)
Rest in peace MG, you were loved by many...

What shocking news.

I greatly enjoyed Malcolm's company whilst trading the USA about 5 years ago, many of his post were hilarious, and sharing a few beers with him at a Christmas party was even more amusing!

What a terribly sad loss - my condolences to his family.

Roger