Last night Gachi’s Mexican family celebrated mass in Merida, all dressed in white – Gachi hated black. I have been overwhelmed with messages of love and support, Gachi left her mark on the world. ![]() ![]() I am determined to keep my links to her family, it’s a way of keeping contact with her. We were planning to grow old together, sharing our time between Rome, UK and Merida, in fact she’d spent recent months driving estate agents mad in her quest for a house. We chose to live apart, she in Rome and I in Geneva and she called me her “off-shore boyfriend” and assured me that all her girlfriends thought this a splendid arrangement. Gachi brought me back to life, cared for me, helped me with life choices and enveloped me in her world. ![]() Gachi de Luis and I were together for just over ten years, our relationship began not long after the death of my wife from cancer. (Phil Smith on his partner Gachi de Luis who died on the Ethiopian flight that crashed on Sunday morning)
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