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VALE – DORIS THURGOOD – by Des Kelly In among all the happy & hopeful news that e’Lanka strives to bring it’s many members & readers, occasionally, there are extremely sad ones that have to be told.  Personally, I have been privileged to know the Thurgood family for years and since a very young (Elvis) Ricky Thurgood, a talented jockey was incapacitated after a tragic fall from his horse, at a meeting, many many years ago, his Mum, the now late Doris, and Dad, Noel, decided that they would rather look after him at home, than send him anywhere else to be (hopefully), cared-for. Ricky was to stay-home. This, Doris & Noel did, to the best of their ability, giving up  much of the  freedoms afforded to luckier parents, just to be with their Son.  Ricky, therefore lived in as much comfort as was humanly possible, until, still at a ...