Luke Gertler died on August 7th at the age of 84.  He worked in BBC Gramophone Library as Assistant Head of Cataloguing for many years.  His partner Francis has asked me to tell all who knew him.  They had managed in spite of heath and logistics problems to go to their house in France in the village where Luke spent much of his childhood, and Luke died there peacefully with friends and loved ones present.  The body was cremated in France and a celebration of Luke's life will be arranged.