Obit: Barry Finn (16 Oct 2009)

Subject: Barry Finn in hospital
From: curmudgeon
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:13 PM

Barry Finn is in the hospital recovering from a mild heart attack. What he took for flu symptoms were disguised by his diabetes.

I talked with him about ten minutes ago and he's in relative good spirits. He expects to be there for a couple more days so we'll miss him at this weekend's sessions.

He is not really anxious for calls or visitors, thus good wishes should be posted here. Otherwise, PM me - Tom

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: RTim
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:16 PM

Hi All - and particularly to Barry!

Hope things go well - thinking of you and hope you get better soon.

Tim Radford

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: SINSULL
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:17 PM

He's not ready???? What about those of us who are about to have a heart attack? I really have to start hanging around with younger healthier friends.
Much love, Barry and Justine.
Your 2-bit whore.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:19 PM

I just knew we would wear him out. I figured after the Getaway weekend he had he'da checked into a bed somwhere just the sleep for a few weeks!

Jeez, dude, you got to take better care of yourself! There are only TWO ends to every candle, my friend!!

Be well, and STAY well!

Dani

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:19 PM

Tom-

Thanks for telling us this. We (speaking for everyone) cherish Barry and I'm sure we're all relieved to hear that he's being well taken care of.

It's all to easy to ignore symptoms until it is too late. Remember that! I will.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Brian Peters
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:20 PM

All the very best, Barry!
Brian

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:24 PM

You take care of yourself Barry. We need to and your voice healthy!

Dan

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:25 PM

Barry, I expect you to blow me away in a live performance when I finally get to see you. So please get and stay well.

You and me are supposed to sing together someday too.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:30 PM

Get well my friend.

JM

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: stallion
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:35 PM

My dear friend we have some more festivals here to do, I had one it's damn scary, love you pal, get well soon
Pete
and the boys will want me to wish you well

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: My guru always said
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:43 PM

Thanks for posting this Tom, what a shock!!!

Barry Honey, it sounds like you're going to need to slow things down a little from now on. Living every second is fine, but you need to make sure you've got lots of them to live!!! Please look after yourself when they let you loose in the world again. Recover well...

Love to you & Justine from Us xx

Where's Nurse Ratched???

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: The Sandman
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:43 PM

get better.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Amos
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:46 PM

Well, Mister Finn, this is a fine howdy do, I must say!! I expect you to pour your energy into full-bore, flat-out, no-holds-barred resting and recuperation, double quick. Get to it, sailor!! Don't stand there lollygagging or I'll sic a bevy of adoring wenches on your sorry ass.



A

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: MMario
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:08 PM

Hey Barry - you aren't trying to compete with 'Spaw, are you?

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:14 PM

Barry, I am not done fallin' in love...take care and get the heck outta there!:-)

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Tinker
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:15 PM

Dang.... after that late night escapade on the Jersey turnpike I figured you were good for a long lie in, but I figured it would be in comfy quaters at home...

Take care and we'll wait (impatiently) for others to keep us posted...

Hugs, Blessings and LLIght

tink

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: skarpi
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:17 PM

Barry good recovery and take care
thoughts and lights
all the best Skarpi Iceland

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: sciencegeek
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:22 PM

Hey, Barry... gotta take care of yourself.... and get back in shape for Mystic!

Rest & goggle up a mess of great songs to regale us with...:D Mike has set two dozen or so C Fox Smith poems to tunes that I know you'll get a kick out of.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Fortunato
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:45 PM

tom,

please tell Barry I'm sorry to hear he's in the hospital and I hope he get's out of there soon and recovers fully.

I'll be thinking about him. He's a pal.

Chance

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: alanabit
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:48 PM

Wishing you a speedy recovery Barry. Look forward to having you back here.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Janie
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:51 PM

Crap!

Heal well and completely, Dear.

Love and light to you and to Justine.

Janie

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: maeve
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:54 PM

Goodness gracious! I'll be looking forward to hearing from Tom that you are rested, recovered, and regaling the whole ward with song, Barry. Send word if you need any groundhog visits.

Warm regards,

maeve

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: M.Ted
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 05:03 PM

Take care of yourself, Barry, but get well, and back soon. It's awful quiet around here without you.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 05:14 PM

Barry - get well soon.
Is it possible that there's a 'Heart Attack Shanty' in thee somewhere?

Seamus

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: ClaireBear
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 06:29 PM

Barry me lad, take care!

You are a treasure, and we must not lose a single day of your maximum lifespan. And I''d say that even if I''d never heard you sing.

Love and strength to you and Justine. Get bettah!

Claire

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Linda Goodman Zebooker
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 06:32 PM

Barry, Best wishes and get well soon

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Genie
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 06:37 PM

Now, Amos, if yer gonna threaten Barry that you'll "sic a bevy of adoring wenches on your sorry ass" if he doesn't get well soon, he'll be in that hospital bed waaay too long.


Barry, I can't say I'm surprised that you overdid the late nights and long music sessions and drving and stuff, but I'm really sorry you ended up in the hospital.   Glad you survived the heart attack, though, and hope you'll take advantage of the situation to get some much needed rest.    Love and light and strength to you and yours, and please get well soon!

Genie

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Bill D
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 06:38 PM

awww...durn, Barry!

No pumping shanties for awhile, hear?

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Peace
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 06:50 PM

Best wishes for a complete recovery, Barry.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Azizi
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 06:54 PM

I'm sending you positive vibrations, Barry.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: ranger1
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 06:55 PM

Barry, get well soon.

Tami

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: jacqui.c
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 07:02 PM

Barry - you had better get yourself well soon mate or the Maineiacs will have to come visit, wanted or not! All my good thoughts coming your way melove.

Justine - take care of yourself dear. If there is anything that we can do please let us know.|

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Leadfingers
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 07:18 PM

Barry - get Well NOW !!

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 08:37 PM

Yikes! Sorry to hear about your heart attack Barry. Best wishes and get well soon!

And come to think of it, wouldn't a pumping shanty actually be appropriate? Just a different fluid and a different rhythm... ;-)

-- Gary

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Alice
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 08:40 PM

Adding my good wishes to the list.
Have a fast recovery! Take care.

Alice

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Nancy King
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 08:47 PM

Yikes, Barry! This is just TOO scary! You're too familiar with hospitals to want to be there, so you'd better start being a bit more careful. Not to mention the fact that we need you whole and singing!

Much love to you and Justine,

Nancy

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: GUEST,Big Mick without a cookie
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:01 PM

Who gives a fair load of old shite what he wants???????? I will call the lad if I damn well feel like it! He ain't shittin' me, this is more of this old game to draw attention to his royal backside..... probably needs to jack up his CD sales.............. (sez Mick, tongue planted firmly in cheek).

Get well, you crusty old coot. This is what happens when I am absent and not there to take "care" of you...***chuckle***

And thanks to Tink for letting me know..... Love ya, baby.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:02 PM

Here's hopin for a speedy and full recovery, Barry, and next year stay away from the Getaway cafeteria...

Bobert

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: KathyW
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:09 PM

Barry, please get better soon!

Kathy

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:29 PM

God Bless You Barry!!

Get well quickly and completely!

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: GUEST,Jed Marum
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:29 PM

Ooops - that was me above. Cookieless again!

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Jack Campin
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:33 PM

Might be worth getting the word out about what happened to Barry. I had a mild heart attack 2 months ago. It didn't feel like one - I'd been having chest pain for about three months, but thought it might be oesophageal spasms (I've had that for a long time, and occasional episodes of reflux). Or at worst angina. Then I got an attack that felt no worse than the previous ones, but wasn't brought on by exertion. Called an ambulance; the EMT guys did an ECG and it looked normal to them, but they took me into hospital anyway. Blood tests showed a mild heart attack.

They did a whole lot of investigations, but the clincher was the treadmill test, hooked up to an ECG. I didn't get very far on it before they called a halt. The nurse looked quite concerned, then asked if I was diabetic. From what the ECG was saying, I ought to have been curled up on the floor moaning, but I didn't feel much at all, just a bit tired and uncomfortable. This sort of masking of symptoms is common in diabetics, and also in women. Dunno why it happened to me, being neither.

The moral is, get chest pains looked at sooner rather than later. If I'd continued to ignore what was happening to me, I'd doubt if I'd have seen the year out. As it is, an angioplasty seems to have more or less sorted the problem.

Good luck, Barry.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Micca
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:40 PM

Barry, Best wishes to you and Justine, Just do as your told, ok, and it will pass, like the Trinidad to Maracaibo run!!!You are in my thoughts you ol' reprobate.
Micca

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: bbc
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:44 PM

Thanks for sharing this news, Tom. Wow! Not what I wanted to hear. Barry, take good care of yourself. Lots of us want you well & happy!

love,

Barbara

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Severn
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 09:51 PM

The best of thoughts, prayers and wishes coming from me, as well.

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: catspaw49
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 10:18 PM

Okay Barry....this sucks, but you're experienced in docs and hospitals and know what to do......so do it!

Get back here soon.


Spaw

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Joe_F
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 10:31 PM

Oh. %^(

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: Gibb Sahib
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 11:12 PM

Take care, Barry. Hope to have you back around again real soon.
Gibb

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: curmudgeon
Date: 18 Oct 09 - 12:31 PM

For those not on Facebook or other online groups, Barry sadly and unexpectedly passed away on Friday morning. The wake is today, and the funeral tomorrow. I'll post details momenraily. I hadn't expected to find Mudcat here = Tom

Subject: RE: Barry Finn in hospital
From: open mike
Date: 18 Oct 09 - 12:32 PM

Well, sorry to report that Barry did not make it.

Unfortunately this has to be changed to an OBIT thread.

The mudcat has been down for a few days and during that time he passed
away. You can find out more on the face book pages for Mudcat and on Barry's page, too.

Click (membership required)

http://www.facebook.com/BarryFinn?v=wall&ref=search