I got the following message from Otto Kalenka, an active member of
GSM meetings.  He wrote to me that David Snelling died last Friday.
I have not known him but I have seen in the MMD Archives that he
authored several MMD messages.

Kind regards
Hauke Marxsen

> Betreff: David Snelling
> Datum: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 11:09:38 +0100
> Von: "David Snelling" <d.snelling@manx.net>
> An: <Ottokalenka@aol.com>
>
> Hi Otto
> I am the daughter of David Snelling, and my Mother said I should
> write to tell you.  I have some unfortunate news, David Snelling
> died on Friday evening.  He had a major operation on his throat
> area.  He had progressed cancer tumors in this area.  The operation
> went okay, but it was very painful, and quite severe, where they
> cut around the throat area, unfortunately, he died a week later.
> I apologize for having to give you such terrible information.
>
> Yours Elizabeth.

 [ In his introduction in 000707 MMDigest David wrote, "I have been
 [ a mechanical music collector and restoration enthusiast for some
 [ 25 years and am located in the Isle of Man in the Irish sea."
 [ David was a fan of Karrer-Hoffmann music boxes.  -- Robbie