FORMER Solar journalist Tony Grassby died yesterday aged 69.
TG, as he was recognized to mates and colleagues, joined in 2000 and have become a vastly gifted and revered member of the manufacturing workforce.
He left The Solar in 2018 and retired to Croatia the place he died in hospital after a short sickness.
TG was a devoted supporter of Chelsea and Bristol Metropolis, and an enormous heavy metallic fan.
His profession started in 1973 on a neighborhood paper in North Somerset
He additionally labored at Immediately, the Sunday Mirror and Day by day Star.
Ex-colleagues paid tribute, describing TG as “one in every of life’s good guys”, “a joyful character who was by no means in a foul temper” and “a heat, caring fella who was additionally an excellent journalist”.
He’s survived by his 5 youngsters, 4 grandchildren, ex-wife, three sisters and mom Mary.
