In Memoriam - Birger Amundsen

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In Memoriam - Birger Amundsen

Post by Yann »

Hi!!

Some of you might already know about this sad news.

Long time PLanetcatfish contributor Birger Amundsen has passed away after a long battle!

Birger was a member of several website and is love for Corydoradinae which he sucessfully bred numerous species, was well known.

Here is a few pictures he shot
http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/con ... ode=images

Our thoughts go to his family

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I was fortunate to spend some time with Birger in 2009 and got to see the fishes he kept very well in his house. Despite battling serious illness, Birger always had something nice to say about a fish and very little bad to say about fishkeepers.

This is very sad news.

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A familiar contributor.
Very sad to read this.

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Sad news indeed. May he rest in peace.


It also puts this posting http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 88#p218088 in a quite different perspective......
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Sad news indeed. Sincerest condolences to his family at this sad time.
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New him from CW. Seemed like a good guy, he will be missed.
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This gets to me...we had the same name and were the same age...too bad I did not get to meet him personally.

He was the only other "Birger" I have ever corresponded with.

Sad news.

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Sorry to hear such bad news... I didn't even know...
Condolences to his family and friends.
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I saw something on FB but it didn't really sink in.

Unfortunately i never got to meet him & although i'm not really into Corys, his posts were informative & showed he was an intelligent & dedicated fishkepper - a very sad loss
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R.I.P Birger.
Have corresponse in FB a few times with him and in CW. A dedicated fishkeeper and has great humour too. Very sad news.:(
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I met him many times on my visits to Norway, he was a very generous and humorous man.

Rest in Peace my friend

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