Lorry legend Stobart dies

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3502402/Lorry-legend-Stobart-dies.html

[XS1100 0]

aged 56! RIP

[Grumpyowl 0]

RIP. 56 and multi millionaire.
what can you say I'm fat and 53 and skint makes you wonder

[nickerbelly 0]

It seems that nowadays, life expectancy is directly related to job success - if you have a shitty, low paid, low responsibility job - you'll live forever! but if you're a high flier with shed loads of cash and all the worlds responsibilities on your shoulders - you'll live just long enough to say to yourself one day - "bugger me - I'm rich!" then you'll cark it

[peejay 0]

56 is no age at all - makes you wonder if all this stress is worth it!

RIP Eddie

[trebor4460 0]

No age at all, R.I.P Eddie

[Stue11 0]

R.I.P fella

[day101 0]

RIP, yeah was it worth it but his family name will live on for years and thats something not alot people have.

[dick65 0]

r.i.p yeah no age and didnt live too far away from me.

[Chas 0]

Just to make a few things clear . . .

Eddie didn't create Eddie Stobart, his dad did. Eddie was actually Eddie Jnr.

Eddie wasn't born with a silver spoon in his gob, his dad had them all working hard as soon as they could walk, Eddie was simply the oldest.

Eddie inherited his dads legacy & built it up to be a reasonably sized transport 'Co despite the fact that several family members were employed on a 'gravy train' basis.

Eddie, both Snr & Jnr, was a good 'un, real oldskool gents who took time to talk to everyone & treat them on an equal basis.

The transport monstrosity that we know today as Eddie Stobarts is actually fronted by his younger brother William, along with a business partner who is both the money & brains man.

The whole lot is 55% owned by Tesco's !

I never met Snr but I knew Eddie Jnr quite well, I wouldn't piss on William if he were on fire yet I still consider myself a humanitarian type person !