Robert Dellar (16 December 1964 – 17 December 2016)[1] was an activist, musician and poet who founded Mad Pride with others. He died of a pulmonary embolism one day after his fifty-second birthday, with a post mortem revealing he also had pancreatic cancer.[2][3] He wrote several books, and a biography was published posthumously.[4]

Robert Dellar

Dellar was appointed as a development worker at Southwark Mind in 1997.[3]

Publications

edit
  • Splitting in Two: Mad Pride and Punk Rock Oblivion Unkant Publishers (2014) ISBN 0992650909
  • Seaton Point Robert Dellar and others, Spare Change Books (1998) ISBN 0952574411
  • Mad Pride: A Celebration of Mad Culture by Robert Dellar with Ted Curtis and Esther Leslie (2003)

References

edit
  1. ^ Hunt, Ruth. "Tribute to Robert Dellar (1964 - 2016)". National Survivor User Network. Retrieved 3 December 2017. In a typically low-key style, Robert posted on Facebook on December 15 that he had to go into hospital and that it was the day before his birthday. [...] On December 17 Robert died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism.
  2. ^ "Activists mourn Robert Dellar, co-founder of Mad Pride and a 'tenacious force for good'". Disability News Service. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b McKenna, Denise. "Obituary: Robert Dellar". Mental Health Resistance Network. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ^ Burton, Lawrence; Pearson, Shirley (2017). Kiss of Life - Remembering Robert Dellar. Ce Acatl.
edit