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Funeral for Des de Moor
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Aim
Support for funeral costs for Des de Moor, my beloved partner, treasured expert in beer culture, singer, writer and all round lovely man.
Des de Moor 20/4/1961 - 7/2/2026
Des and I were partners for 27 and a half years.
He had many interests and passions from beer, music, film, walking, politics and of course his family and friends.
He received a cancer diagnosis some years ago with a tumour behind his right eye. That initially went into remission but came back, resulting is his having to have that eye removed. He had wonderful care from Moorfields Eye Hospital as well as care from BARTS and Kings College Hospital where he died on 7 February.
I found him unconscious on 1st February and called 999. He suffered two cardiac arrests on the way to Kings and never regained consciousness. Unknown to me, and as far as I know, to him, he had an abscess and a tumour on his brain.
We never lived an extravagant life and Des was always calm and low key but full of enthusiasm .I had visions of Des waking up from his medically induced coma and apologising to everyone for the fuss he'd caused. But now I have to face life without him and covering almost any funeral costs and administration that goes along with it is beyond my means.
You can read more about Des at his website: www.desdemoor.co.uk and he also has a Wikipedia page
There are also some online tributes and obituaries
Des de Moor – a man of many words - What's BrewingCampaign For Real Ale | CAMRAhttps://wb.camra.org.uk › 2026/02/10 › des-de-moor-a-...
Beer trade pays tribute to Des De MooreDrinks Retailinghttps://drinksretailingnews.co.uk › News › Latest News
https://www.beerguild.co.uk/news/much-loved-guild-member-and-writer-des-de-moor-passes-away
The outpouring of grief but also respect has been overwhelming, I don't think Des had an atom of hate in him and he was generous with his time and keen to share his enthusiasms.
As well as his beer writing he was a singer-songwriter and hosted the cabaret night Pirate Jenny at the Vortex in Stoke Newington for many years. He collaborated with pianist Russell Churney (also cruelly taken by cancer) on the album and live piece Darkness And Disgrace, based on their shared love of David Bowie. The show ran at the Edinburgh Fringe and in London and the album of the songs from the show was positively endorsed by David Bowie himself.
Des also loved walking, he worked at the Rambler's Association for many years, led walks around London and trained others in leading walks. He'd often take himself off for a day of walking for the sheer pleasure of it. The day we met I was amazed he'd walked from his home in New Cross to meet me in Camden where I was working. One of the cruelest side effects of his cancer medication was the pain it caused him in his feet, he couldn't stand the pressure of shoes on his feet and that he was restricted in his getting around was a source of great frustration to him, but typically he took to it stoically.
He had his beer world, his musical world and his walking world. Plus all the less public things, he was passionate about films, logging everything he watched and reviewing what he had recently viewed on Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/desdemoor/)
I know he'd want a typically low key funeral but I also want to have an event that celebrates a life lived so incredibly well.
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