Lucien Nunes Electrical Engineer Extraordinaire

[Mark W]

I have some incredibly sad news to share with you all..

Lucien lost his battle with cancer just after 5pm today.

He was surrounded by his family, a few friends and passed away peacefully.

There are electrical engineers and then you had Lucien.

Sit down and play this as loud as you can, it seems to be the only song that fits the evening.

I will try and keep you updated with further details unless others do.

We will be sounding our fog horn from the ocean liner RMS windsor castle tomorrow evening after I have warned the village. An eccentric gesture for a kind and eccentric person.

 

[littlespark]

Sad sad news.

Always in our thoughts.

 

[DPG]

I thought he'd been quiet lately but I didn't want to consider that the worst might have happened. Never met the guy but would have loved to. A very intelligent guy who's knowledge seemed to span many fields and definitely a major source of knowledge and debate on this forum.

At least it was peaceful - that's all anyone can hope for in these sort of circumstances.

Thanks for the update Mark.

 

[Timbo]

A great man.
RIP Lucien.
Thoughts are with the family.
Thanks for letting us know, Mark.

 

[Spoon]

RIP Lucien. You were a star.

 

[pc1966]

As above, one person I really would have liked to meet for a drink. Alas, not in this life

RIP Lucian

 

[westward10]

Very sad news a man whose knowledge knew no bounds. I never knew him as a person but I am very upset by this, his family and this forum has lost an irreplaceable person. One small consolation is that his knowledge will continue to shine on here.

 

[MJPD29]

This is awful news. He will be sorely missed. I have honestly never met anyone in my life with such incredible knowledge and I only knew him through this forum. Thoughts with his family and friends.

 

[westward10]

@Mark W thank you for bringing us this news it is a great shame you never met before to share your interests.

 

[LastManOnline]

There are electrical engineers and then you had Lucien

Amen to that brother

 

[SparkySy]

Really sad news!
I never met him either but his incredible knowledge and way of explaining things will be very much missed!
Sy

 

[Mark W]

@Mark W thank you for bringing us this news it is a great shame you never met before to share your interests.

It may actually be a very good job we met later in life as instead of things being out of control they would now be really out of control with strange objects of the past.

I was working in Chigwell at the beginning of the year so I spent at evening at Luciens place, he wanted to come up here for a weekend but sadly that was not to be. We did however try and keep in touch daily. Even when he was very ill I still tried to send images of historic apparatus to keep his mind occupied. His knowledge was outstanding and I doubt I will ever meet someone who had such a huge and varied mental data base.

 

[timhoward]

This is very upsetting news. Words feel completely inadequate to describe Lucien.
"One of a kind". "Complete and utter genius". "Exceedingly kind-hearted and patient man"
All of these clichés seem to under-describe Lucien.

RIP Lucien. He fought hard to the very end.

One of his countless specialisms was Compton organs. I don't think he'd mind me sharing a short clip I came across of him embarking on a repair as recently as 2 months ago. I'm told that while In much pain he travelled many many miles from home and still kept a cheerful disposition as he unpacked his cutters, soldering iron, and of course his Avo Mk 4. (Watch the whole video I clipped from if you want to see the full genius experience.)

✂️ Lucien snipping

19 seconds · Clipped by Tim Howard · Original video "Chris Lawton gets his home Compton organ repaired by Lucien Nunes" by Chris Lawton's Railway and Organ v...

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[pc1966]

Here is (probably) his last appearance from a month ago on the morning news:

 

[Risteard]

Very sorry to hear it. He came across as a gentleman with an incredible intellect.

Requiescat in Pace.

 

[littlespark]

Hard to watch that bbc interview again…
His “weeks, months… certainly not years” statement so much more poignant…

 

[Rockingit]

As exceptional in knowledge as he was inspirational in dealing with his own mortality. This was the post we all knew was coming but didn’t want to read.

Lucien, there’s a P123 shining 119 tonight, break a leg.

 

[Marvo]

Very sad. RIP Lucien. My deepest sympathies to his family and friends.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Very sad news, one of the posters I always read.

 

[xmetal]

Very sad to hear. He was very knowledgeable across the spectrum.

R.I.P. Lucien