My wife finally found You Yan's phone number.  She called.  I'm sure I am butchering the spelling of You Yan's name but she appears to be doing well.  She went back to work full time just to keep herself busy.  Apparently Willy knew the end was near and prepared her with all of the things she needed to know.  She is grateful for that.  I am working on getting an email address for her so that others can share their simpathy and encouraging words.  I'm sure they would help her some.

I wanted to visit him when I was there in 2019 but didn't.  Now I wish I had.  We did talk on the phone.

All of you already know this but Willy was a great guy.

Sad to hear the news about Willy. I was fortunate enough to meet him in Zhongshan (with our wives) and in London (where we had lived for most of our lives). He certainly found the life he wanted in China with the person he wanted to be with.  You can't beat those Hunan girls. Rest in peace, Willy.

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This is sad news. I will miss his posts as well.

Hope wife and family are doing well.

Farwell Willy

Epilogue ... Patrick turned out to be a cheating weasel and the marriage fell apart because of him.
The good news is that Lisa moved on and is now with a really good man.