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Riccardo ‘Rico’ Vallebella, with his wife Clair McSweeney, and their children, Brú and Rosa.
I recently attended a poignant and unusual funeral. Poignant, in that we were saying farewell to a man of 51, in the prime of life until diagnosed with motor neurone disease just five years ago.
Unusual in how a removal became a full-blown celebration of a life, a spiritual potpourri of music, song, psalms and prayer as comforting as any traditional affair, multiple speakers eulogising a good man, including heart-fuelled speeches from his son, daughter and wife. All emphasised his huge capacity for friendship and love, and his immense courage in facing death.
