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David had withdrawn a little from the site over the last few weeks as he felt he wanted to devote more time to looking after Maria who is very poorly.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.

Yes, I still miss him too. Deservedly remembered by all.

A bit late, but another year has gone by...

Croc's insight was always inspiring. I remember the day when he first demonstrated the use of 10-day charts on FTSE. Years later, I still find them enormously useful in trading FTSE. Will always owe Croc a gratitude.

ttt

I can't believe it's 5 years.

Time flies but David's words of wisdom live on. Fond memories this Bank Holiday, Croc. xx

I remember David telling us that he first found out about his illness, when he woke up in a French hospital. Apparently, he had fallen out of bed and 'Madame' wondered where on earth he had disappeared to.

They gave him a good check up in hospital and I vaguely remember him mentioning to us how he found out he must have been having epileptic seizures every 15 minutes or so and, unbeknown to himself until he had been checked out, that this must have been been happening to him for years.

I liked and admired David as a businessman. He loved to create strong relationships with everyone and he did this by first proffering out a few of his many benevolences. Thus, if you ever spent some money with him then everything about you having a business relationship with David Anderson was generally going to be Win/Win. You usually got much, much more than you ever paid for. Be it some private tuition or a computer product of some sort, then he gave you some added value to go with it.

Does anyone remember his fantastic web site?

There were loads of tools on it. These were not just for Stock Trading. There was all sorts of stuff. One of the tools was an HTML Generator, which was of course, online based. I used it lots of times to prepare some pretty fancy 'jazzed up' Ebay sales descriptions.

And of course, when Croc went then so did all the help he gave out too.

Yes, some lovely memories. RIP Croc. :-)

I like how his helpful ways live on in the PC & MAC CLINIC thread ...

Incredible that it is 5 years since he passed away. Everyone has very fond memories of an amazing and generous man

I remember sitting in a restaurant somewhere up north after a traders meeting and chatting to Dave not long after he found out about his epilepsy. I seem to remember it didn't affect his ability to get pissed, or was it me that was pissed? I cant remember that bit..... ;-)

I will raise a glass to Dave this evening.

It's not too often that you come across a man such as Croc. Ever so helpful and generous with his time and knowledge. Wish he were still around....

Tomorrow will be 6 years since we lost Croc !!

The comments already posted from recent years about Croc the man, still hold good. I was fortunate to attend one of his trading courses at his home in the west Midlands and there met his wife. Both generous and helpful in life, and the trading hands on live course was and still is valuable. I wonder what he would have made of the markets to-day?
The picture from Martini shows his other likes of visits to France and Le Touquet. 6 years passes quickly.

6 Years !! hard to believe its been so long.

Mikeran, I am sure he would have loved today's markets ......

Never to be forgotten!

Yes never.

Every time I draw channels on my charts, I recall what Croc showed us regarding price behaviour around the extremes. One can't forget one's guru.....

That cheeky smile when he teased. And the warmth, openness, honesty and humility when he traded. Great guy.

For those who may not know (or remember).... the winking Croc in the corner of
the Traders Thread header every day is to remind us who inspired the whole thing.

Remembering David for sharing that enthusiasm and wisdom.