Death of Prof Robert Turner , UKPDS

   ”It is of deep sorrow the British Diabetic Association reports that Prof Robert Turner died in the USA during a lecture tour on 1 August this year. Prof Robert Keen paid tribute to his determination to answer several important questions regarding the key to the care of people with type 2 diabetes.

   Robert Turner has richly deserved international recognition for his indefatigable leadership of the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study UKPDS; some of us will know of the sometimes stormy seas he had to navigate before he brought this landmark study so triumphantly into harbour last year.

    Most of us near him mourn the loss of Robert Turner, this kind, ever-patient man, always a good friend, who so parently valued those with whom he lived and worked.

    The UKPDS results will benefit people with type 2 diabetes for years to come, and Ribert Turner´s great and fantastic leadership was decisive in bringing this about. Our deepest sympathy goes to his family, to Jenny his wife and children.

” From the Journal of British Diabetes Association
”Diabetes Update”, 23 September 1999

Red