Tributes to Julian

The sudden death of Alfred Giglio, a photographer of The Times, this morning while on duty, came as another shock to everyone connected with the Maltese media. His death comes less than a week after the sudden demise of journalist and environmentalist Julian Manduca. The editor of MaltaToday, Saviour Balzan, has written a tribute to Julian Manduca who worked for the newspaper. A number of other tributes were published here and here. With the help of the internet, Julian's friends around the world have also discovered the news of his unexpected departure. American environmentalist Daniel Stout who blogs at Manufactured Environments posted this entry in remembrance of Julian:

I was saddened to read on Wired Temples that Julian Manduca died Tuesday in Valletta of a heart attack at the age of 46. I remember Julian as being one of the most interesting people I met during the year I was living in Malta (an island nation in the Mediterranean). He was what we Americans would call a non-traditional student at the time, which simply means he was attending university as an older student. I remember many conversations with him talking about film and culture and the environment.

Julian was very welcoming to us foreigners and made us feel comfortable in our new surroundings. I remember going to parties at his flat and the interesting, literate people who were his friends. Julian is the last person I remember saying goodbye to before I left Malta and returned to the States, and I still remember his last words to me, which were “We’ll run into each other again on the streets of some city somewhere in the world.” Julian was very much Maltese, but he was also a man who had a distinctly broad worldview. As I plan a return trip to Malta, I’m stung by the loss of this exemplary person. He will surely be missed by those of us abroad, as I’m sure his loss will be distinctly felt in Malta.