"I loved the Sunday snooker sessions when Richard and I were still in high school, we played and played and enjoyed your company at the Ruimsig Golf Club. It was a highlight and I looked forward to that opportunity. In many ways you made me the player I am today, thank you for making it possible for me to touch my first snooker felt... o yes and paying the bill :-) You will be missed deeply Albert, this goodbye is a start for you, you have gained ultimate freedom from suffering but these are indeed not the last words we will exchange... we will meet again and will embrace each other by playing another game of snooker and you will be victorious again. To Alberts son’s, daughter and loving wife know this, he was a kind soul and he loved you and life with every fibre. A man that will be remembered from this point of view is a big fish that never gets himself caught for too long. The story of your life is bigger and more amazing when it is embellished by everyone that knew you, I wish that we all will tell your story and keep you alive in our hearts and souls so that future generations will know who you were and what you meant to your family and friends. I will personally miss the smell of your pipe and the love of a good drink or two will always linger in my memory in this life and probably my next. I had many good times with you at the local pub when you were a bit younger and still healthy. We watched the rugby together like a son and father. You were just cool like that! Thank you! “À tout le monde À tous mes amis Je vous aime Je dois partir These are the last words I'll ever speak And they'll set me free” "