Briton found dead at his home in Kanchanaburi

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Briton Found Dead At His Home In Kanchanaburi
By Khaosod Online

KANCHANABURI: -- Mr. Keith Lanyon, 75, a British expat, has been found dead by his neighbours at his residence in Mueang District, Kanchanaburi Province.

Mr. Chatchai Swatthong, 56, Mr. Lanyon′s neighbour, told our correspondent that Mr. Lanyon had resided in Kanchanaburi for 8 years. After noticing that Mr. Lanyon had not left the house for two days, Mr. Chatchai then paid the man a visit, and found him sitting breathless on a chair on the top floor of the townhouse.

According to Mr. Chatchai, Mr. Lanyon had been living life of "one party after another"; he was also a heavy drinker and smoker. In his house, police found numerous packages of alcoholic beverage and cigarettes.

The officers said they had found no sign of struggle or fight.

Autopsy report from Paholpolpayuhasena Hospital stated that Mr. Lanyon had died from sudden heart attack.

The police said they had informed the British Embassy in Bangkok about Mr. Lanyon′s death.

Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNM09EZ3dORE0xTUE9PQ==

-- KHAOSOD English 2013-09-10

[theblether]

Partying to the end? What a way to go, good on you sir

[alexander69]

He died happy,,,,,,,,,,,,,RIP

[Songhua]

75's a good innings. RIP Keith.

[lee b]

RIP mate, when i go thats the way i would'nt mind going

[delgarcon]

75's a good innings. RIP Keith.

Christ I hope I manage a bit further than that!

[Chicog]

It's not the quantity, it's the quality that counts!

[pilm]

RIP, Keith Richards.

[Chicog]

RIP, Keith Richards.

I think he must be a cat.

[slipperylobster]

He died happy,,,,,,,,,,,,,RIP

That thought leaves me "breathless" as well.

[Bpuumike]

He died happy,,,,,,,,,,,,,RIP

Hopefully, though he died alone.

[johnlandy]

He died happy,,,,,,,,,,,,,RIP

How do you know that "he died happy" perhaps the reason he was drinking was that he had many problems and cured it with alcohol.

The only certain thing is that he is dead 'maybe happy maybe not' (unless you can read the palms of a dead man that is)

[pgrahmm]

Apparently he lived life the way - and where/how/who - he wanted....he might have been able to carry on the party for a few more years without the cigs and alcohol - but some just like to run on the heavy fuel.......

[alexander69]

Apparently he lived life the way - and where/how/who - he wanted....he might have been able to carry on the party for a few more years without the cigs and alcohol - but some just like to run on the heavy fuel.......

So what tell me who the judge is in this world please. He had a good innings

[ikbenhet]

He died happy,,,,,,,,,,,,,RIP

How do you know that "he died happy" perhaps the reason he was drinking was that he had many problems and cured it with alcohol.

The only certain thing is that he is dead 'maybe happy maybe not' (unless you can read the palms of a dead man that is)

party pooper

[sunshine51]

After looking at the pic on Khaosod's website I only have these to add....

“Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish—a product of

the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who

has found a way to live out where the real winds blow—to sleep late, have fun,

get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind

except falling in love and not getting arrested . . .

Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.”...see below.

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely

in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud

of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...

"Wow! What a Ride!”....Hunter S.Thompson

Rest in peace Mr. Lanyon...& let the good times roll on...

[ronrat]

Well done on a life enjoyed.I am sure Mr Lanyon had no regrets and neither should we.Well played sir.

[Benmart]

We all have an "Expiration date". Hopefully, I will die sober, in bed while sleeping. If I made one positive contribution to someone's life, then my mortal journey truely had some meaning.

[Joe Mamma]

You would think after 75 years the feller might have wised up! "Party hardy, only the good die young". Don't know who wrote that bullshit line but there is much work to be done on every front in this worldly realm. To waste ones life is a given, but a selfish centered ball of crap too. I fight the elements and go with nature, we will all lose our battle of drawing air, but to leave nothing of import to any purpose, kinda thinks a waste of DNA and corpuscles! I plan to inspire and motivate in positive ways and not the way of average humans, the path to easiest resistance. I know old bastards who are strong, sharp, amazing and self sufficient to the sweet end! Whew, I need a drink after that tirade:

[F4UCorsair]

Well done. Most of us would trade 5 years for a heart attack in front of the TV, full of booze.

[prodriver]

I cannot believe that his neighbour said that he had one party after another.

I have known Keith (aka Kheeneeo Keith)for as long as I have lived here in Kanchanaburi and he most certainly was not the partying type. He was living here when I arrived over 18 years ago. He did relocate to Goa for some years but returned to Kan some 8-10 years ago. He lived extremely frugally hence his nickname and had few friends. A regular visitor to the Jolly Frog where he would sit every day have a few drinks and then go home. Never had a girlfriend in all the time I knew him. Kept himself to himself. Dying on his own at home seems to fit in with the way he lived his rather sad life.

[angiud]

A poor taste post and two answers have been deleted.

Please show some more respect for the deceased.

[Kan Win]

I cannot believe that his neighbour said that he had one party after another.

I have known Keith (aka Kheeneeo Keith)for as long as I have lived here in Kanchanaburi and he most certainly was not the partying type. He was living here when I arrived over 18 years ago. He did relocate to Goa for some years but returned to Kan some 8-10 years ago. He lived extremely frugally hence his nickname and had few friends. A regular visitor to the Jolly Frog where he would sit every day have a few drinks and then go home. Never had a girlfriend in all the time I knew him. Kept himself to himself. Dying on his own at home seems to fit in with the way he lived his rather sad life.

Well ProDriver, I have known Mr. Keith for about the same, 10 or more years and as you said in your above post not a partying type, kept himself to himself. Dying on his own, I feel that it is what he wanted to do, no bother anyone just sipping his brandy and watching the TV.

Rest in Peace Keith and thank you for the phone number Keith that you gave me so many years ago to contact your folks back home.

Win

[salavan]

how did he manage to party everyday in kanchanaburi the place is as dead as a dodo

[greeneking]

Keith was not a party animal, he was more like a metronome, and whatever he was he deserves the respect of being remembered truthfully. Any future posters please don't make pointless guesses and give fatuous congratulations to someone you never knew.
If you saw him arrive at the Jolly Frog at 11.55 am or 12.05 pm it meant your watch was wrong. He arrived at 12.00 pm and would stay 20 or 50 minutes depending on how many 'friends' were there to talk with. You would remember him easily. He wore a white T-shirt and pale blue jeans. Every time.
His main interest was avoiding spending money. He was very good at it.
He would come back to the Jolly Frog at 6.50 pm in time to get his table and watch the films with his small bottle of Sangsom. One of his favourite topics to talk about with his 'friends' would be how bad the Jolly Frog was. He should have known - he had done this every day for years! Except when he had to do a visa run. Or the times he came back at 3.00 pm as well to see if anyone was about he could spend some more time with.
So what a shame no-one noticed when he had not come one lunchtime, one evening...or the next day...or the next day...or the next. The management, the staff and many regular customers should have noticed this was very unusual.
How many days before his 'friends' stopped asking where he was because they had already talked about that yesterday? Boring! So many of the worlds problems to discuss when you have nothing to do all day, again.
It would be nice to think Keith died happy. His neighbour thought he was a party animal, but it is very hard to see why.

Sorry Keith.

RIP

[rgs2001uk]

how did he manage to party everyday in kanchanaburi the place is as dead as a dodo

Too be honest, it certainly doesnt look as if he was partying everyday.

Kicked the bucket on his lonesome with no friends or female companions around him.

Check out the photo of his gaff, Archa beer and Blend, hardly the choice of conniseurs, as another poster mentioned, more like the choice of the kee niaw.

Another poster mentioned, Sangsom, another favourite of the financially challenged.

Sorry, the whole affair seems rather sad to me, a "Billy No Mates" departs this mortal coil and no one even knows or cares he has gone.

Not for me, I would rather check out 10 years earlier surrounded by those I love, and who love me.

[sharia2402]

Keith. I've knew you for over 13 years and know how you lived your life, the way you wanted to and what you thought of living in the UK. I met you in Goa all these years ago and had we many laughs together there and in Kanchanaburi, with some of your other 'friends', I came to see you in Kanchanaburi a couple of years ago and it was really nice to see you again, your sense of humour was something. I enjoyed your company and you did what made YOU 'happy'. You didn't believe in the 'spiritual' side of life, as I don't. 'Your born, you live, you die, end of'. we used to say. You had a wicked side to you which I found very funny. Yes you drank and smoked, but you enjoyed life up until you died, there was NOTHING 'sad' about you and as for 'partying' but NOT In the sense people have written on this forum, MOST of them didn't know you the way I did. If having smokes and drinks every day is partying then you were, why not you got to the ripe ol age of 75, I hope I will be as active as you were if I reach that age. I am only sad you died alone, but I feel THAT'S the way you'd WANT to die, in a the place you loved and doing what YOU liked.

REST IN PEACE Keith and thank you for all the funny jokes you kept sending me. I will miss them. ???

Sue