April 20, 2013

So Long, Johnny, RIP

By suehealy

In tribute to my young cousin Johnny Healy who died earlier today. Johnny, you were greatly loved and you’ll be very much missed. Rest in peace xoxo.

About suehealy

Award-winning Irish writer/playwright Sue Healy’s work has been supported and developed by Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, the Peggy Ramsay Foundation and Arts Council England. Her full-length stage plays include Cow (Etcetera Theatre, 2017) and Brazen (King’s Head Theatre, 2016), funded by Arts Council England. Sue’s work has also been performed at the Hackney Attic and Sterts theatres and festivals including the Claremorris Fringe (New Writing Award winner), the Brighton (Sussex Playwrights’ Award winner) and the UEA Contemporary European Drama Festival, Norwich. Autumn 2017 will see her work showcased at the Finborough, Arcola and Criterion theatres in London. Radio work includes nine plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (Opening Lines winner), WLRfm and KCLR96fm. She has been a finalist for BBC Scriptroom 12, Eamon Keane Playwriting Prize, Nick Darke Award and the Old Vic 12 New Voices. Sue's prose has won the the Molly Keane Award, HISSAC Prize, Escalator Award and has been published widely. Sue has been writer-in-residence on Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, and at the Heinrich Boll Cottage on Achill Island. She has also benefitted from juried artist residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and at Ginestrelle, Assisi in Italy. Sue is a UEA Creative Writing MA alumna. She spent eleven years in Budapest, editing Hungary A.M. She is currently London-based, completing a Ph.D. on the Royal Court Theatre. Sue is an Associate Lecturer in Playwriting at the Universities of Lincoln and Portsmouth, and tutors Creative Writing at City Lit. She is Literary Manager at the Finborough Theatre. View all posts by suehealy

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8 responses to “So Long, Johnny, RIP”

Eagle-Eyed Editor
April 20th, 2013 at 12:21

*sends virtual flowers to provide comfort*

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susank456
April 20th, 2013 at 22:24

I am sorry for your loss.

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writerlyderv
April 22nd, 2013 at 09:36

So sorry for your loss. Very tragic.

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theliteratecondition
April 22nd, 2013 at 16:36

My condolences to you and your family.

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The Writing Waters Blog
April 23rd, 2013 at 01:50

So sorry for you.

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"HE WHO"
April 23rd, 2013 at 15:29

Sorry for your loss, Sue.

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Deb Moriarty Kockos
April 24th, 2013 at 07:04

That is a gorgeous family. I don’t know which one is Johnny…but I think maybe the younger on the right side? They are beautiful men all…with lovely smiles and I can see their good hearts. I am very sorry that you would have lost one of them. I know a lovely Healy family here…7 boys and 2 girls they had. They could be related. I would be very sorry if it were my family. I’m sorry for your loss.

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suehealy
April 27th, 2013 at 16:02

Thanks for your kind words, all. Johnny is the third from the left. His identical twin, Brian is beside him and the twins are flanked by their uncles Alvin and Aiden. Johnny had epilepsy and had an attack in bed last week. Life can be so cruel. Johnny was young, fun, funny, sensitive and thoughtful and this is heartache for his parents and siblings – especially his twin, Brian. Life is precious. Make the most of it.

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