Sydney Devine Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I have received some bad news that Alan Bruce a lifelong Jambo passed away yesterday after a period of illness. Alan was only 45 and was a long time season ticket holder in Section A lower. He didn't post much on the forums but contributed to some discussions with photographs and art work. A keen and talented amateur photographer combined with his love of Hearts - gave him the opportunity to be an official match day photographer at home & away matches over the last few years. A lovely big man who will be missed by his family and friends. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William H. Bonney Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 45 is no age. Rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livvyjambo Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Sad news RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboPete Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I knew big Alan from when we worked at HSBC Bank. A really nice guy and a really big Jambo. So sad to hear this news. RIP Mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 FFS 45!!! Horrible, just horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS86 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Never knew the lad but only 45 . RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dee Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 So sorry to hear that such a young man has passed. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaps Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 45 is no age to leave the world RIP Alan. Thoughts are with family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobreath Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 RIP Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboozy Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 So sad, RIP fellow Jambo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punks No Deid Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Jeez 45, just a laddie..RIP fellow Jambo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 As a fellow section A lower. My sincere condolences to all the family. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future's Maroon Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Very sad news, only 45, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Rest in peace mate, that's awful. Condolences to his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Tragic, RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Berwick Jambo Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Very sad news, condolences to his family. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebroon98 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just joe Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Sad news RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincon Premier Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Didn't know him but RIP,sad at such a young age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Quite a distinctive style in the picture in OP. Be interesting to see more. Maybe a place could be found to display at Tynecastle if appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe.gausden Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 FFS 45. RIP Alan. Condolences to family and friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Sad news , condolences to all his friends & family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henroddy Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Sad news indeed. RIP Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forza Cuore Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Sad, too young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Beni of Gorgie Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Life can be marvellous, but too often is cruel. Deepest sympathy, to all of Alans friends and family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poultry Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Condolences to his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwhisky7 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Sad to hear at such a young age, R.I.P. Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Alan was my old boss in HSBC and we used to go to some of the games together. When I heard about this on Friday I was gutted. He was honestly the nicest guy you could ever wish to meet. Feel so sorry for this and leaves behind a lovely wife who must be feeling awful just now. His big brother posts on here also and I send him my heart felt condolences. Alan used to take some photos for the club also as he was quite a talented photographer. RIP big man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Very sad, RIP Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llee1874 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Someone just told me about this thread. I'm gutted. Alan had said I was to visit when he was feeling up to it. I dropped off lovely signed photos last year that Rudi personally wrote for Alan. I knew then things were not too positive then. I had no idea he had such little time left and am gutted. So sad. Lovely guy, lovely family. If anyone has updates as to when the funeral will be please PM me. Thanks Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Very sad news. Thoughts with his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Devine Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Someone just told me about this thread. I'm gutted. Alan had said I was to visit when he was feeling up to it. I dropped off lovely signed photos last year that Rudi personally wrote for Alan. I knew then things were not too positive then. I had no idea he had such little time left and am gutted. So sad. Lovely guy, lovely family. If anyone has updates as to when the funeral will be please PM me. Thanks Linda Linda, I will let you know as soon as I hear anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llee1874 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Alan was my old boss in HSBC and we used to go to some of the games together. When I heard about this on Friday I was gutted. He was honestly the nicest guy you could ever wish to meet. Feel so sorry for this and leaves behind a lovely wife who must be feeling awful just now. His big brother posts on here also and I send him my heart felt condolences. Alan used to take some photos for the club also as he was quite a talented photographer. RIP big man. I worked with Alan a very long time ago. He was a head waiter at the Sheraton Hotel and I was a waitress (whilst at university). Anyway I never saw him for 20 plus years ..... and was then asked to picked up photographs from this Hearts fans house back in 2015 .....he had designed some fantastic Hearts posters and wanted to donate to the Hearts Family Fun day in 2015 .... tapped on his door not knowing who's house I was going to. Turned out to be Alan! Then he invited me back to his house and designed a very lovely photo of my son holding the championship trophy. I was really taken aback. So we then kept in touch and he was giving me updates as to his progress. He was a very lovely looking man and had such a beautiful wife. So sad. RIP Alan .... sending my condolences to his family x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llee1874 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Linda, I will let you know as soon as I hear anything. Thank you. I'm very sad x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I worked with Alan a very long time ago. He was a head waiter at the Sheraton Hotel and I was a waitress (whilst at university). Anyway I never saw him for 20 plus years ..... and was then asked to picked up photographs from this Hearts fans house back in 2015 .....he had designed some fantastic Hearts posters and wanted to donate to the Hearts Family Fun day in 2015 .... tapped on his door not knowing who's house I was going to. Turned out to be Alan! Then he invited me back to his house and designed a very lovely photo of my son holding the championship trophy. I was really taken aback. So we then kept in touch and he was giving me updates as to his progress. He was a very lovely looking man and had such a beautiful wife. So sad. RIP Alan .... sending my condolences to his family x You hear about people being lovely guys all the time when they pass away but Al genuinely was that lovely guy. To say I am gutted is an understatement. I heard when I was away at the weekend and was completely shocked. I knew he was ill but never knew he was in a hospice or stuff. Tragic stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveofthegame Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Couldn't meet a nicer person than his wife Carol. Really saddened to hear this news. RIP mate, so young. Life can be so cruel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Don't know the chap but am aghast at his relatively young age. It's really horrible to pass that early. I take it from Chesters' post that it was the dreaded and terrible cancer? RIP mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Don't know the chap but am aghast at his relatively young age. It's really horrible to pass that early. I take it from Chesters' post that it was the dreaded and terrible cancer? RIP mate. It was mate yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 It was mate yeah. What a ******* that disease is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 What a ******* that disease is. Yip saw it destroy my dad and now one of my dear friends. It really can take a flying **** to itself likes. ******* of a disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboelite Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 45 jesus its scary that life moves along and you think you have plenty time and then it can be over in a heartbeat. Terrible no matter what age condolences to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Yip saw it destroy my dad and now one of my dear friends. It really can take a flying **** to itself likes. ******* of a disease. One of our very best friends was diagnosed with bladder cancer 15 months ago. Apparently 95% of people who get this get 'better' because it tend not to develop into secondary cancer. Unfortunately for Sharon she was in the 5% and her body is now riddled with it. She's a lovely person who wouldn't hurt a fly, non smoker, non drinker etc. Each day now is a gift to her as the survival expectancy average for her types of cancer is 13 months. Just very unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLTFTh Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 R.I.P. Fellow Jambo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Sad to hear. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilson's Shank Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Very, very sad clearly a very talented guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llee1874 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 You hear about people being lovely guys all the time when they pass away but Al genuinely was that lovely guy. To say I am gutted is an understatement. I heard when I was away at the weekend and was completely shocked. I knew he was ill but never knew he was in a hospice or stuff. Tragic stuff I didn't know he was in a hospice either He was diagnosed the same time as my father in law. From speaking to Alan his chemo wasn't working too well. I wanted to drop him a message a few weeks ago but was scared to as felt it might not have been too positive for him. But shocked at this news. Alan designed fabulous posters for the fun day. Purely from these posters we made over ?500 from the sale of them. Then hsbc matched this so he actually raised ?1000 for charity just from his posters. ?500 of this went directly to Big Hearts, the rest between Save the children etc. I will treasure the poster he made for my son. It's fabulous. A work of art ... and it was also signed by Robbie Neilson. Very special indeed. More so now He just didn't deserve this. No one does x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboree Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 On behalf of my family and Alan's wife Carol, I would like to thank everyone for their kind words. Alan's passions in life were following the Hearts, photography and his wife Carol (not necessarily in that order though ). Alan renewed his season ticket for this year with the hope that he would be able watch the Hearts again in person. Sadly, his illness prevented him from doing this, but he never stopped following the team. It saddened me that we could not attend the matches together, as we had done for many years. As well as being my brother, he was also my football buddy and it will be a big gap in my life to no longer be able to share the highs and lows of the club with him. I had just started to get used to his long lanky legs encroaching into my space as we sat next to each other. For anyone that is interested, Alan's funeral will be at Warriston Crematorium (Lorimer Chapel) on Friday 7th April at 2.00pm. R.I.P. wee man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llee1874 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 On behalf of my family and Alan's wife Carol, I would like to thank everyone for their kind words. Alan's passions in life were following the Hearts, photography and his wife Carol (not necessarily in that order though ). Alan renewed his season ticket for this year with the hope that he would be able watch the Hearts again in person. Sadly, his illness prevented him from doing this, but he never stopped following the team. It saddened me that we could not attend the matches together, as we had done for many years. As well as being my brother, he was also my football buddy and it will be a big gap in my life to no longer be able to share the highs and lows of the club with him. I had just started to get used to his long lanky legs encroaching into my space as we sat next to each other. For anyone that is interested, Alan's funeral will be at Warriston Crematorium (Lorimer Chapel) on Friday 7th April at 2.00pm. R.I.P. wee man. I will be there next Friday. My thoughts are with you, Carol and your family x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamdub Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 RIP fellow Jambo, far too young. I am currenily watching the Rio Ferdinand doc on BBC just now about his young wife dying 10 weeks after she was diagonised with that ******* of an illness cancer and I am in bits watching this and I am not afraid to say that, life is sometimes/quite often shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieb Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Our thoughts are with your family and friends at this time ,RIP Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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