Several years ago I completed my book on the placebo effect and was looking for a publisher. Around that same time, one of my heroes, Leon Chaitow, wrote a blog on the the same topic. I contacted him and he graciously put me in touch with his publisher, which led to the publication of my first book. Leon was a prodigious and prolific writer who continued writing to within days of his imminent death yesterday. Leon published many many books on soft tissue manipulation, and if there was one person I could have picked to write the foreword to my book, it was him. I was deeply honoured to have both him and Ruth Werner write the forewords to my book. Pic- Sasha and Leon. Here are some words that Sasha Chaitow posted yesterday on her Facebook page about her dad. "It is my sad duty to announce that after a long and uneven battle fought with courage, strength, and the humour you know so well, as of tonight, 01:03 GMT+2, September 20th 2018, Dr Leon Chaitow is no longer with us. In the few months that he was ill, he was able to complete his last book, Fascial Dysfunction 2e, soon to be released by Handspring Publishers, and made arrangements for editorial succession of JBMT. Dr Jerrilyn Cambron is now acting Editor-in-Chief, flanked by a strong team of associate editors and Dr Sasha Chaitow. He dictated his last JBMT editorial 3 days ago from his bed and left detailed instructions for the continuation of JBMT. For all professional queries and correspondence please contact Sasha in the first instance - sashachaitow@gmail.com - he has left instructions. For those of you who knew him well, please know that, in the words of Dylan Thomas, Leon raged like few against the dying of the light and did not go gentle into that good night. His legacy lives on in his many books and articles, in the students he taught, in the patients he treated, and in the family to whom he was a most beloved husband and father whose loss will never fade. The greatest way to honour him is to continue to carry that torch. Please respect his family's need for privacy and peace at this time." From social media, 21.09.2018