Comments on: So Long, Eddie Johnson

By: dò

dò — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:30:34 +0000

I’m really sorry for your dad’s news, Matt J.
A strong thought to him, to you and your brother …
RIP Mr Eddie J.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:34:47 +0000

Truly sad news. My husband knew Eddie from The Two Puddings days but I only met him once, very briefly, a few years ago.

He was stepping into a taxi with Matt and my husband and Matt turned and introduced me to his father. My instant and instinctive impression of Eddie, which I remember to this very day, was “Now, here is a quietly elegant man with impeccable manners.” My sorrow for Matt and the rest of his family.

By: manu

manu — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:07:42 +0000

so upset and sad to know this….so close to Andy’s loss… RIP mr Eddie…..so sorry Matt and Gerard…

By: Achim

Achim — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:05:43 +0000

So Long, Eddie Johnson — R.I.P.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: John Wells

John Wells — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:06:24 +0000

My band, The Electrons, were playing there one Sunday morning when a fight broke out. Eddie said “keep playing”! We decided not to & as vocalist my mic was unplugged in a second but it took our drummer quite a bit longer to dismantle his kit! Happy days!

By: Zeke Manyika

Zeke Manyika — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:37:11 +0000

It’s hard to add anything more than the lovely tributes already paid. Eddie was such a lovely and captivating man.Although I knew his health had been failing I am still in shock at his sudden passing. I just pray his deserving soul will be reunited with his beautiful late wife Shirley and his two wonderful sons Andrew and Eugene. Farewell big man, it was a blessing to be in your orbit.

By: Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:05:06 +0000

Thanks for the lovely tribute to my dad. He was a wonderful man and a close friend to his sons as much as a parent. My brother and I spoke with him daily and miss him terribly. He had actually written a prequel to ‘Tales From The Two Puddings’ which I shall be editing and publishing sometime next year. It details his early life growing up in East London, including the Blitz, comical stories from his National Service stint and working down the docks amongst other jobs.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:08:11 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for yet another life story from the East End. I was interested that Eddie Johnson wrote his memoirs in his later days as “the outcome of lifetime’s fascination with literature that began with a passion for schoolboy adventures and led Eddie to read the great novelists during his hours of employment in the London Docks.”

Proves that a person doesn’t need a university degree to enjoy the pleasure and benefits of reading…

By: julia harrison

julia harrison — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:40:10 +0000

RIP Eddie. A lovely tribute and a wonderful piece of oral history in the making: I would love to have been a fly on the wall at the Broadway disco! I’m sorry to hear about the difficulties which led to his retirement in Suffolk. I hope he derived comfort from his writing and the successful publication of his memoir.

By: Celia

Celia — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:39:03 +0000

A lovely article and tribute. I got to know Eddie well over these last couple of years and was so terribly saddened and shocked at the news. He was such a warm, welcoming, interesting and inspiring man and I will miss him, as I know many others will too. It was a privilege to be his friend.