Robert Dellar Explained

Robert Dellar (16 December 1964 – 17 December 2016)^[1] was an activist, musician and poet who founded Mad Pride with others. He died of a pulmonary embolism one day after his fifty-second birthday, with a post mortem revealing he also had pancreatic cancer.^{[2] [3]} He wrote several books, and a biography was published posthumously.^[4]

Dellar was appointed as a development worker at Southwark Mind in 1997.

Publications

• Splitting in Two: Mad Pride and Punk Rock Oblivion Unkant Publishers (2014)
• Seaton Point Robert Dellar and others, Spare Change Books (1998)
• Mad Pride: A Celebration of Mad Culture by Robert Dellar with Ted Curtis and Esther Leslie (2003)

External links

• The Wake of Robert Dellar 24th January 2017
• Robert Dellar Inaugural lecture
• A Fierce Intellect And Pioneer Activist Morning Star obituary by Ruth Hunt

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hunt. Ruth. Tribute to Robert Dellar (1964 - 2016). 3 December 2017. National Survivor User Network. en. "In a typically low-key style, Robert posted on Facebook on December 15 that he had to go into hospital and that it was the day before his birthday. [...] On December 17 Robert died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism.".
2. Web site: Activists mourn Robert Dellar, co-founder of Mad Pride and a 'tenacious force for good'. Disability News Service. 22 December 2016 . 3 December 2017.
3. Web site: McKenna. Denise. Obituary: Robert Dellar. Mental Health Resistance Network. 3 December 2017.
4. Book: Burton. Lawrence. Pearson. Shirley. Kiss of Life - Remembering Robert Dellar. 2017. Ce Acatl.