It is with deep regret I have to inform everyone that Dave Anderson(Crocodile) sadly passed away last night in his sleep.


This is a complete shock to all his family and friends, therefore can I ask everyone to respect their privacy and not phone his home etc.


David was the most likable and open person I have ever met and a huge friend of mine and MoneyAMs.

Whatever I post will never come near doing justice to this great man, so I will simply stop here.


Mike


20.13 I have had a few brief conversations with David's family today. Despite all that has happened they have managed to briefly log onto MoneyAm and seen the numerous postings. I know they are moved by the response. The family are in the process of organising David's funeral but matters are slightly complicated with the Bank Holiday weekend. I will post more in due course when I have some more information.

26 May :I have received many many e-mails with offers of help and offers of sympathy. Many thanks for all these and apologises if I have not been able to reply but I will get round to it. I will also make sure those that have asked me to pass on any messages to Davids family get sent on.

In the meantime I know many of you are wondering what happened. At this stage it is not for me to go into details but suffice to say it is of a natural cause and totally unexpected.

David had withdrawn a little from the site over the last few weeks as he felt he wanted to devote more time to looking after Maria who is very poorly. Although he did not post much in the day I do know he was constantly logging on. He still continued to burn the midnight oil to create each day traders thread and he would spend about 15 hours each weekend creating the Weekend/Monday thread.

16.34 26/May Have come off the phone from Rachel(David's daughter). Today is not an easy day for the family, I think they were so busy yesterday that today has been harder as it has had time to sink in. We talked about Funeral arrangements and Rachel mentioned that they could not book anything yet but will let me know as soon as possible. She mentioned once again about all the postings which they have been busy reading and thank everyone for all the kind words and thoughts. They will arrange a public funeral as they know a lot of people would like to attend.

A message from David's Family:(posted on David's website Snappytrader.com)

David "Crocodile" Anderson.
7/5/1952 - 25/05/2004

It is with great sadness we announce that David died suddenly & unexpectedly on the 25th of May, 2004. We are greatly humbled by the outpouring of support both by phone & on the web from all the people that David's life touched. We are truely greatful for all your support at this very difficult time.

In lieu of flowers, the family request that you make a donation to worthwhile cause that has touched our families life: Please send any donations marked:

Donation to: Georgina Ward
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters,
C Block, Russells Hall Hospital,
Pensnett Road,
Dudley, West Midland,
DY1 2HQ
Please makes cheques out to "Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust"

At this time the date for a funeral is uncertain, we will update this site as soon as possible with more infomation.

We are at this stage sorting through david's affairs. If you have booked for an upcoming course, please be assured we will forward you a refund as soon as possible.

Thank you for all your love and support,

David's Family.

Funeral Arrangements


David's Funeral service will be held at St Benedict Biscop Church, Wombourne MAP on Friday the 4th of June at 1pm, followed by burial at Gornal Wood Cemetery. MAP

There will be a wake afterwards at The Vine Public House Wombourne (this is a few doors down from the church above). Friends old & new are most welcome.

David's Family.

I cant imagine anyone minding Bully.
Really pleased that a lot more posts have appeared on Traders thread.Some of them informative:)Im a realist and know it wont last,but if we can get lurkers etc on board it would become the Community it used to be.
I hope as a Agnostic, that there is somewhere Croc can see all this?
If your there.Miss you cock:-)

Bully

I think thats a wonderful idea.

I'm still a bit of a lurker I'm afraid & can't claim to have known David but Croc's thread was/is essential reading & I was always very grateful for the unselfish effort. Reading through the posts above I can see how well loved & respected was David; it seems we shouldn't underestimate the positive impact that a kind, caring, decent & honest man like David can have on others, - plenty of food for thought when looking in the mirror......How sad that it often takes such tragedy to make us stop & think.

Condolences to David's family.

M.

Mike,

It's become very apparent two days on that David was deeply loved, admired and respected...........

........and will be for a long time yet.

If it helps his closest then I can't think of anyone objecting at all.

We will miss your work Croc - you were truly inspirational

I've known Croc since the early days of ADVFN when Mike approached a group of us to start a financial revolution.

Together we ran the two most popular threads of all time on the ADVFN PBB.

He managed to exploit areas of the Internet way before anyone else and did so whilest thinking like a 20 year old who had just been given a new toy.

I will miss his innovation, kindness and dedication but most of all his drive for life, technology and the buzz.

RIP Croc ... the Financial BBs will never be the same without you.

Very very sad - he was always finding new technologies and trading techniques to add value to so many of us. He will certainly be missed by me. Bye Croc.

I have been speechless since I heard, my sympathy goes out to all of David's family. I feel privileged to have learnt so much through David's dedication to this site along with the commitment he had in sharing his knowledge. He was and will remain a great inspiration to so many for years to come.

Not reading how normally he would be in the fridge for a cold beer by now this Friday evening will never be the same but David I Raise my Glass to You, as so many will,

Rest In Peace....

.....spoke to David a couple of weeks ago. He said his wife was very poorly but he would try to help me in a few weeks.

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David's Funeral service will be held at St Benedict Biscop Church, Wombourne on Friday the 4th of June at 1pm, followed by burial at Gornal Wood Cemetery.

There will be a wake afterwards at The Vine Public House Wombourne (this is a few doors down from the church above). Friends old & new are most welcome.

http://www.snappytrader.com/home.html

There are 3 of us going so far from the Oxford area, if anyone else wants a lift let me know at mike@moneyam.com

Sadly, unlike most on this bb I never had the pleasure of meeting Croc, but will always be grateful for his daily postings and graphs which I both enjoyed and learnt from. My sympathies to his family.

Although we never met, I have watched and read with interest and enjoyment much that Croc had to say on the BB over the years. The world will be a poorer place without him. My sympathies to his family as well.

Very very sad news, I have only just found out this am when I logged on,
been in hospital myself for a week with heart trouble.
He will be sadly missed

TM

Just come back, logged on, and now this.

Dave, you've been an example to me
of what a great human being a trader can be.
You've been generous with your time and your hard-won wisdom
and you were a pleasure to meet that one time we met in April.
You've been encouraging and helpful
and I miss you already.
You have closed out your position,
now be at peace.
Thanks.

Chris

In life we all have many, many different types of relationships with each other.

Wherever we all are, on what can be compared to a complex 'relationship tree' of branches, twigs and leaves, we are aware of little pieces of information concerning the interaction of the relationships of numerous others on our 'tree'. We often wish to fill in the 'missing blanks' too, because we are most curious about them. We are also involved with and can communicate with each other in many diverse ways. Some of them are public and some of them are private.

Some of the interconnections on 'the tree' are of no concern to those who are not privy to the really close and really personal types of relationship of just the one person, the key player, in all of what is and can be, a most complex scenario.

Perhaps in all of this, we should remember to be extremely polite. Because now, most importantly, is really the time for grief.

Well said Doc.

I just wanted to say how much I will miss you Croc. We have known each other since the early days on esi, you remember our little gang, Lom, Lee and ourselves :-) Rest in peace my friend.

Rachel, from somebody is going through something similar, my thoughts are with you.

May God be with you all.

M.

My thoughts will be with both David's family and loved ones during, what I'm sure, will be a particularly distressing day. May he rest in peace.

Just to let you know we are taking with us this floral tribute of a Croc for Croc. Its just arrived, so a quick piccie for you all. If anyone has been to David's house you will see where the colour scheme comes from , an enormous toy Crocodile he treasured.

This is to Croc from all the BBers everywhere.








and this is how we believe he would like to be remembered