I am Mark Flannagan, the Chief Executive of Beating Bowel Cancer, where Gary worked as a nurse on our helpline. This was a job that Gary was brilliant at. He listened to people, reassured them, made them laugh and always left them feeling better about what faced them. When Gary joined us he had already won one of our special awards for colorectal nurses and we knew he was going to make a huge difference. One of our patients, Hazel, couldn’t speak highly enough of him as he was her nurse at one time. And I can tell you that, after talking to Cristian, Beating Bowel Cancer will set up a new nurse award, the Gary Logue Award, to be given to outstanding colorectal nurses. Our website and our Facebook page have been filled with comments from those Gary helped. Words used to describe him include: inspiring, compassionate, calm, professional, kind, funny and caring. But Gary wasn’t just a first class nurse. He was a wonderful colleague. I know that he was very happy working at Beating Bowel Cancer. He called it a privilege. But we think it was our privilege being able to work with Gary. We loved spending time with him. Whether it was just soaking up his enthusiasm for his work, or chatting about the latest bargains he had managed to get from the second hand clothes shop down the road. They used to save the best items especially for him and he would return to the office, put on a fashion show and make us guess how much they cost. Gary was a great ambassador for Beating Bowel Cancer.We had a rather posh reception at the Mansion House, hosted by the City of London Lord Mayor. The evening was full of people we wanted to impress. Our nurses were there because they are at the heart of what do. Gary worked the room like a pro. Talking to everyone about what he did, providing rich stories about the difference we make. And on the way out I talked to one particularly important person who raved about our wonderful nurse and how immensely impressed he was. It was Gary he was talking about. We are heart broken. Cristian we share the pain you feel. We are so sorry he has gone. We will miss him terribly. Personally, I like to believe that he is up there somewhere; chatting to those bowel cancer patients he has helped over the years but who have also gone. They will feel they have been joined by a friend. It is their turn to look after him.