This is sad news. I had noticed that 'McGrath of Harlow' had not been posting much in the past year or so, and assumed there were health issues getting in the way.

I had and have no knowledge of Kevin McGrath beyond the posts he made here since I discovered this forum, but they were enough to give me a respect and even admiration for the man. Without intending any slight on the other intelligent, amusing, and loveable contributors here, he was the one person of whom I would sometimes think, after reading one of his thoughtful, measured posts, 'I wish I could be more like him.' I was particularly impressed by his habit, whether through discipline or natural inclination, of maintaining the utmost civility in his discourse, no matter how contentious the subject at hand, or how unpleasant the remark he was responding to. I'll miss him here. RIP.