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David had withdrawn a little from the site over the last few weeks as he felt he wanted to devote more time to looking after Maria who is very poorly.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

All I knew of Croc was reading his posts my first point of learning, I can't imagine how much he will be missed. So so sad.

Been out all day and I am just stunned.What a lovely guy! Came over to Ireland and ran a Trader's Meeting for a very small group of us including Hawkeye,Thursdayschild,Edz,Twotanks and,of course, Mealiff,most of whom still look in regularly.
Had a lovely day also at his course in the Conservatory where I learned most of what I know about trading.Further to that,when I was in trouble with my trading at times,he would give generously of his time to help me out of my difficulties and regain my confidence.Like everybody in this virtual community I will be indebted to him forever.
My sympathies to his family and close friends.May the Lord have mercy on his soul.

I only met him on two occasions at MoneyAm traders meetings, but I feel that I know him well through his postings on this board and on ADVFN.

I shall miss him, he was an inspiration to us all.

My deepest sympathy to his family.

Paul

Here is a link to the MoneyAM article about Croc, which was written by Jerry Lacey and recently printed in Shares Magazine.

The title of the article is

"MoneyAM user takes on the stock market robots"

http://www.snappytrader.com/robot.htm

It is perhaps as well to bear in mind David is tragically no longer here to maintain the phenominally brilliant and useful SnappyTrader.com web site.

A very sad day for all, David was a true gentleman, and a very thoughtful and helpful person.

My deepest condolences to his family.

I am very sad. Two days with David in the conservatory opened my eyes for which I shall be forever grateful.

My sincere condolences to Maria and family

I am proud to be able to call David a friend.

He joined the BBs about the same time as me and I first met him when I was travelling through Dudley many years ago and I decided to call into his Computer Business to say hello and put a face to the name.

Out came this big warm expansive man who welcomed me and in that moment I knew this was a man I liked.
Over the years I have met him at many of the BB dos and talked often to him on the phone about the Markets and life in general.

I have watched him develop into one of the most accomplished and respected traders on the BBs.
Always willing to give generously of his time and experience to all both in trading and his computer skills.

A more generous man I have yet to meet.

When I was in hospital he came to see me to offer comfort and set me up with DVDs to pass the time.

Over all those years of posting on the BBs I have never seen him get involved in the pettiness and trivia.
I have never heard him speak badly of anyone - always willing to see the best in all people.

Without going into detail he had many problems to face but despite all he kept a happy and positive approach to life. It is so sad that it should be now snatched away from him.

Early this morning I was thinking I had not spoken to David for some time so I phoned to see how things where and the sad news hit me.

Since then I have been unable to concentrate on anything. The markets seemed an irrelevance.

I busied myself in the garden. There was a small shrub in a border that has never taken and I had intended to throw it out but no I decided to pot it up and I will nurture it as a memory of a friend.

I will miss you David.

good night, god bless david,lots have been said already,i will miss you, there was a song,simply the best, david it could have been written for you. sorry, cant post any more

THE COUNT--->A REALLY NICE GUY

Martini phoned me earlier to pass on the very sad news. I was gobsmacked, and Martini didn't sound too good either.

I met David on various functions and he was always a warm and friendly guy. I think the posts above are also a testament to how helpful he was to those who called on him.

He passed away at such a young age too.

My sympathies to his family.

See ya mate. A true gentleman!

John C.

l am very sad to hear on the grapevine of Croc's passing, someone who was very kind to pass on comments, help and who would be around forever to thank one day.

a belated thanks steve

Croc has been in my head all day.......not been able to think about much else....we had a high profile falling out as most of you know...but what you dont know is he phoned me on numerous occasions to tell me to come back to the boards...no malice.....no grudges...nothing.....which was most unexpected.......he could have/should have been pissed off about the whole thing
true gent

I will leave it at that.
T

I'm stunned, nice guy, he's a great loss

Treblewide, bravo, do as he asked ... welcome back :-)

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.


Mike

Yeah AXDPC,and all the other people who have posted here.So many names I havn`t seen before.Im Sure Croc would like that

Very few further posts anywhere after this news broke. I guess many have simply sat reflecting.

Amazing tributes everywhere I've looked today. The admiration and appreciation seem boundless - a very fitting tribute to a man who seems to have been so much a part of all our trading lives. For some of us he was all that we have known as traders. Generous of thought, advice and help at all times.

I'll never forget the "blobs", "squares", "ellipses", etc, etc that have been brought into the daytrading arena by only one man. I'll never forget the man I met on three occasions who sauntered up and asked how things were going for you - if you've never experienced it you've missed something very special indeed..............

.........and it just won't be the same reading those thoughts for the week or day ahead.

I'll miss you, Croc, like many, and life round here just isn't going to be the same.

RIP you Midland Reptile! ;-)

You only have to read this thread to have no doubt in which direction David will be heading. Very, very sad.

R.I.P.

A sad day, throughout which Croc has occupied my mind.

I met Croc once in Edinburgh and we've talked on the phone. Always helpful, and admired by me for his reliability and hard work.

I will very much miss his daily presence.

With sadness, Andy.

just off the phone to Jules, were both absolutely in shock at this terrible loss, but she said something that was very fitting to croc, the first name most newcomers see and learn from when they started trading was croc, now if there is a better place up there and croc is looking down on us, hede be saying"hey i didnt teach u all about trading for you all to stop " i think croc would want us all to carry on and make the most of what he taught us,
So tommorrow, lets do just that, in memory of croc, i know its difficult to concentrate under the circumstances, but i will give it a good go.

Crocs course was the first i went on,at his home in Birmingham, and i remember looking at L2 and being horrified, how was i ever going to understand that? croc guided me through it and showed me bots etc,

Like Treblewide i recently had a bit of a run in on the board, not with croc direct, but sort of related, and i too received a very nice phone call from Croc whilst he was in France , and then some really nice emails when he returned,he was a gentleman, always happy to help,like gordon says, no malice, no grudges, will be sadly missed,Thoughts are with his family and his young grandson, They have all lost a good one.

You know we take for granted in life all the things that really matter, it really does hit home when something as tragic as this happens, Croc was far far to young to be snatched away like that, Im not a religeous person, but hopefully there is a better place beyond this life, and croc will be resting in peace.

Sadly missed,a true gent....

Mega...