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A few days ago, I received some very sad news from my friend Joe Macoll<\/strong>…<\/p>\n Hello Eric, it breaks my heart to tell you Anthony Randall<\/strong> has died after a battle with motor neurone disease, he was a lovely man.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I remember when Joe introduced me to Tony back in 2008<\/a>..<\/p>\n Hi Eric, today one of those strange coincidences that seem to thrive in the Louie world happened to me. I met up with an old friend, who I haven\u2019t seen in ten years, since he moved from the U.K. to New Zealand. He in turn brought along a friend of his I hadn\u2019t met before, and he hadn\u2019t seen in thirty years, a guy called Tony Randall<\/strong>, and when Tony told his story to Brian, he said you must meet Joe.<\/p>\n Tony never met his father, who was an American airman based in the U.K in the 50`s, he`s now a journalist and published his story of the search for his father, in an article he wrote for one of our quality papers, in 2004, I remember reading it at the time, you can find the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I remember you saying you had footage of an interview with Johnny Flamingo<\/strong>, and wondered if there was any way Tony could see this footage, as he has only photographs (and of course the music) of his father, nothing of him \u201cwalking and talking\u201d so to speak.<\/p>\n Forgive the intrusion Eric, but my time spent with Tony convinces me he is one of the good guys, and if you could help, it would make his life.<\/p>\n Thanks, Joe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n With an introduction from Joe, I did make contact with Tony, and I posted this footage of his father on YouTube. It was a humbling moment to meet his father 9 months before his untimely death in 200, especially as my footage turned out to be one of the few video clips of him in existence.<\/p>\n![\"Johnny](\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/pix-2008\/flamingo-2000.jpg\")
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