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[RangersMedia 35,961]

Hi All, 

It gives me great sadness to announce the passing of one of our own, Ben (@ben51 / @GabrielTomato / @Clemdog) yesterday. 

As you may have been aware from his posts on it on this board, Ben has been battling his demons for a period of time and sadly yesterday he succumbed to them. 

We are devastated to lose Ben. He was a funny, caring and intelligent young man who has been lost to the world far too soon. I know many people on this board knew Ben in person and will be very upset by this. 

Please hold your nearest and dearest close to you. Please reach out if you are struggling and please also ask people in your circle if they are struggling. Use the Mind Matters section as openly as you want to - something that Ben was a huge advocate of. 

Until we meet again, Ben 🫡 💙

[aird 3,775]

Shit. That's terrible and a massive shock, I had read his post in the other thread. 

I didn't know him personally but awful news. 

RIP. 

[demise 3,517]

Terrible news.. RIP.. 

[blaudrup 5,348]

Unbelievably terrible.  I don't have words for this.  Fucking hell.

[rbt1548 1,839]

Extremely sad news, thoughts for him and his family and friends. RIP

[Colin Traive 22,784]

So sorry for RM as a community but especially for those who knew him personally.

He’ll be sadly missed.

😔

[ger4life_1872 29,527]

Awful news , heart breaks for his nearest and dearest 

[G.E.C. 18,790]

RIP Ben 😢 

[Loyal72 11,051]

Wow, the forum genuinely won't be the same.

Sleep easy Ben/Tomato

To absent friends 💙🫡

[superallysbears 7,583]

Sorry to hear this, RIP 💙

[gmcf 34,227]

That's awful news . So sorry for his family and those close to him . Really am shocked by it .

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,792]

I’m beyond devastated at this news. A great poster, a great Ranger and above all else, just an all round great guy. What a miss you are going to be, Ben. 💙🫡

 

 

[Mond 5]

So so sad. Thoughts are with his friends and family ❤️

[Bigdave30 8,707]

Fuck sake, only knew the guy from his posts on here, seemed like a good genuine bloke, RIP man.

Sorry for the loss to his friends and family.

[MarcusDa Beasley 1,035]

Really sad to hear this, thoughts with his friends and family. His GabrielTomato username brought a smile to my face every time I saw it on here. RIP Ben.

[LegendofCoop 17,312]

No!!! That's shocking news.  RIP Ben, your troubles are over now. 

I hope everyone in here that is struggling opens up to someone. 

Its maybe reactionary, but even PM me if it helps. Not always great at advice but am a good listener. 

Look after each other!! 

[ForeverAndEver 71,511]

Gutted.

Rest easy, Ben x

[ExiledWeegie123 1,236]

RIP Ben :(

[folkestoneger 8,137]

That’s horrific news.

RIP Ben.

[Drumloyal 14,967]

Aw shit, I only knew him on here but I can relate to his struggles. 

Rest easy lad, your fight has been fought and you'll be missed.

 

[esquire8 42,763]

Fucking horrible news.

Place will be a lot worse off without him.

Rest in peace, my fellow bear. 

[Fruithunter 150]

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

[BookWorm 4,128]

A cracking guy and terrific mod on the forum, will be sadly missed. Rest peacefully Ben.

Gutted at this news and only knew him from this site.

[Badger 8,670]

I didn't know Ben much on a personal level, but I've interacted at some level almost daily for >5yrs in running this forum together.

He had taken up so much of the slack with managing the day to day as I disengaged a bit with running RM due to life. He put hours every week into keeping this place going. I'm greatful for that.

On hearing this news this evening I just feel numb. All I can offer is heartfelt condolences to those who knew him, and just ask the question, why?

On behalf of everyone involved in keeping this site running. Thanks Ben.

 

[Zoso1872 26]

Oh man that's horrible news 😢 

Thoughts and condolences to his friends and family

Rest easy Ben