Friends of EJ are devastated this week to learn of his tragic death from cancer. It’s beyond comprehension that someone so vibrant and inspiring is no longer with us. EJ loved his wife Anne-Marie and 9 year old daughter Orla above all things, they were his everything and we have set up this GoFund me page to help raise some money for them as EJ didn’t have any life insurance in place and this leaves them in a difficult situation at this already devastating time.

Up to last year EJ was well and thriving, he had been working as a presenter on the BBC daytime programme Money For Nothing and was well known for his woodcarving skills with the successful business Hatchet and Bear. But the diagnosis of cancer meant he had to stop working and without EJ there is no business and no presenting job so no income.

As EJ’s friends, we would like to help Anne-Marie and Orla at this difficult time by raising some money to support them. We would like Anne-Marie to be able to take Orla on a nice holiday or give her a special Christmas this year. It will be a difficult few years for them anyway and we want to try and help as much as we can. Anne-Marie has already selflessly asked people to donate to the Dorothy House hospice which helped to look after EJ so well which is wonderful, but we know she could also do with a bit of help and she would never ask. EJ loved Orla and Anne-Marie so much and he would want to know they are safe and protected at this dreadful time.