Dear brotherhood,
it is with some sadness I have to announce the death of Victor Hills. Victor was one of the earliest members of this forum. He was from the UK. I don't think he made a trip to China. For the past few years he had been fighting myeloma, a kind of blood cancer. It is difficult to predict the life expectancy of someone with this kind of cancer - he had some painful chemotherapy last year, but it did not give him much time to do many of the things on his bucket list.
I think he may be the first of the brothers to leave us.
Some people are paying their respects on his Facebook page if anyone is interested.